"People kill their children all the time!" Nessie's voice rises, nearly breaks -- and a picture frame behind Alfred suddenly has a tiny hairline crack in the glass. The breaking sound was small enough that neither is likely to notice. Especially not Nessie, who says angrily, "Don't you dare pretend like anyone is above suspicion for that. We can't let them be!
"But this visit wasn't about any of that! The opioid crisis is real, the way the city is floundering to respond to it is real. I wouldn't lie about such things for the sake of digging up dirt on a case where the parent was already proven to not be at fault!"
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Date: 2022-08-07 01:31 am (UTC)"But this visit wasn't about any of that! The opioid crisis is real, the way the city is floundering to respond to it is real. I wouldn't lie about such things for the sake of digging up dirt on a case where the parent was already proven to not be at fault!"