All Chapters of He Called It Love. I Called It Betrayal.: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

The children were interviewed after the medical team said they were ready.A trained interviewer met them separately in a quiet, child-friendly room, safely away from Vivienne.I wasn't allowed to feed them answers. Neither was Dante.That was as it should be.I received the appropriate summaries through counsel. Some details came later, when the children chose to tell me in their own time.Sofia remembered bitter milk. A hand at her nose. Being told not to tell Daddy because he would be angry that she'd made a fuss.Luca described pinching, his ear being pulled, and being told he was useless when Dante wouldn't stay.He still asked when he could see Vivienne.The therapist warned me that this wasn't proof he didn't love me, or that the harm hadn't happened. She was his familiar person. Losing her could frighten him even while being away from her made him safer.I wrote that down.When my feelings became too large, facts gave me somewhere to put my feet.The criminal investigation was