So what was he trying to tell me?
Memories of Astrid's badly beaten and injured body flashed through my mind. Margie told us that Astrid fell down the stairs. Given how badly injured she was, I would have expected Margie to get medical treatment for Astrid. And that medical treatment would have been the sort of thing that was documented in the file. Astrid's file made mention of the rejection, so it was up to date… but where was the report about her fall down the stairs?
After I flipped through the medical information and the associated photographs for a second time, I still found nothing. If there was no record, that means a doctor was not called. Why, in the name of the Goddess, would Margie have not called for a doctor after her daughter fell down the stairs?
The fireworks in my head started slowly getting louder.
Wait… That morning. Morning. I first saw Astrid at the waterfall very early that morning.
