Chapter 8 - The Woman Who Wanted Noah Silent
Patricia took the stand.
She spoke calmly about innovation, difficult patients, and desperate families.
She claimed Delpharine reduced traumatic memories.
The prosecutor asked, “Did Noah consent?”
“He was six.”
“Did his father consent?”
“His physician approved treatment.”
“The signature was forged.”
Patricia’s expression tightened.
“The child was suffering.”
“You made him unable to describe why.”
The prosecution played footage from a St. Anne’s treatment room.
Noah sat restrained while a nurse prepared an injection.
Patricia’s voice instructed:
“Increase the dose. He saw too much.”
I left the courtroom and vomited.
Evelyn followed.
“I should have protected him.”
“You did not know.”
“That excuse is getting crowded.”
She sat beside me.
“Then do something with what you know now.”
The jury convicted Patricia of murder conspiracy, child abuse, kidnapping, medical fraud, obstruction, and unlawful experimentation.
She received life imprisonment.
Doctors and administrators received separate sentences.
The Vale fortune was seized into a victim-compensation fund.
The Bellmont Crown issued public apologies.
Apologies did not repair children.
Money did not restore memory.
But the clinics closed.
The records opened.
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Families found children they had been told were unreachable.
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