Chapter 18 - Evan’s Arrest

The full video changed the investigation.
It showed Margaret warning Evan twice.
“I cannot swim.”
“Don’t touch me.”
Evan laughed before pushing her.
After she fell, he did not reach down.
He filmed part of her struggle on his own phone.
The deputy determined the act was more serious than a harmless prank.
Evan was arrested on charges connected to reckless endangerment and assault.
Daniel blamed Margaret.
“You let police take your grandson.”
“No,” she answered. “His decision took him there.”
“He’s nineteen.”
“So he is old enough to learn that fear is not entertainment.”
Denise cried and accused Margaret of destroying Evan’s future.
Margaret remembered water closing over her head.
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“My future could have ended beneath that pier.”
Denise stopped speaking.