She had been able to turn the key.
She repeatedly chose not to.
Construction & Maintenance
An investigator came to the hospital after the doctors said I was stable enough to speak.
My sister offered to answer for me when she saw how exhausted I was, but I asked her to stay quiet unless I needed help.
I wanted my first official account to come from my own mouth.
I described the loose floor panel, the old phone, the apples, the threats, the key, and the final weld around the door.
I explained which voices belonged to Marcus and his mother and why some recordings were separated by long gaps when the signal disappeared or the battery had to be preserved.
