She kept her chin raised while officers photographed the rug, hallway, golf club in the mudroom, and the stain someone had missed beside the baseboard.
She claimed Chloe had been drinking.
She said Chloe attacked them.
She said Eleanor was confused.
Then an officer showed her the terminal image of her removing Chloe’s wedding ring.
That was when Sylvia’s face changed.
It did not collapse.
Not yet.
It simply emptied.
The ring was recovered from her handbag.
The hospital called at 9:18.
Chloe had internal injuries, several broken ribs,
