Actions are judged by motives

The following is an excerpt from Part Two:

Since a valid trial never comes to fruition, questions remain, destined to be unanswered. Why did we initiate counseling sessions for Cole just a couple of months before the allegations surfaced? Anyone with sexual abuse to conceal surely would be concerned that it might be revealed in a therapeutic setting. Anyone would endeavor to avoid disclosure. Once therapy sessions were over it became clear that he had lost the battle against us. We would not be discarding the two foster brothers or changing the rules. On the very next day, following that final counseling session, sexual abuse was reported.

Other clues of our innocence were to have been offered by witnesses on our behalf, but they will forever remain unrevealed in a court of law. The family counseling therapists, who anyone would think might be the first to hear the allegations, were shocked to find out about them. The DCYF investigator of the “Other Neglect” complaint, also scheduled to witness, alerted us that our kids figured their complaint would render them “out of here.” Their bags were packed prior to the investigation.

The local police officers were at our house so often that we nearly became a sub-station. They were to discuss the attempt to accuse us of unsubstantiated physical violence, and verify their recommendation for a wayward petition. They were all denied the opportunity to expose the details of Cole’s motivation to defraud.