Turn the wound around.
Make the bleeding woman look dangerous.
The deputy glances at your lip. “How did she get hurt?”
Jason pauses.
Too long.
Megan speaks before he can.
“She fell.”
Everyone looks at her.
Even Jason.
You lift your phone higher. “That’s not what the video shows.”
Megan’s face drains.
The deputy extends his hand carefully. “Ma’am, may I see the recording?”
You hesitate only because your fingers are shaking so badly you almost drop the phone.
Aunt Ruth gently takes it from you and hands it to him.
The deputy watches.
Nobody speaks.
Jason’s face gets darker with every second.
Megan steps backward off the porch, but Mr. Thompson turns his head slightly.
“Ms. Megan, I would not leave.”
Her mouth opens.
The deputy finishes watching.
