That mistake helped me.
That was enough.
The bag itself became almost symbolic in the case, though what mattered was inside it.
Her work phone contained the time-stamped wound photograph.
Her tablet contained contemporaneous nursing notes.
But the most important evidence was not one photograph.
It was consistency.
Rachel’s agency had seven visits documented.
At each visit:
vital signs,
wound appearance,
medication count,
mental status,
reported symptoms.
The pattern became clear only when investigators lined the dates up.
On mornings when Daniel had been away overnight for work, my medication counts were normal.
My alertness was better.
My complaints were ordinary for recovery.
After long periods alone with Daniel, discrepancies appeared.
Two missing pain tablets.
Then four.
Then six.
An anti-nausea medication bottle showing fewer pills than the administration log suggested should remain.
Once, a sedating medication had apparently been given at a time not ordered by the prescriber.
