Chapter 14 - The Children Who Had Complained

School nurse records showed pattern.
Over two years, clusters of stomach complaints after certain lunch days.
Nothing severe enough alone to trigger outbreak.
Different causes possible.
But dates matched Harvest Ridge exception logs.
Investigators did not claim every illness came from food.
Correlation isn't proof.
Still concerning.
Then one teacher produced photographs from last fall.
Lunch meat with discolored edges.
She had complained.
Denise replied:
Oxidation is normal. Continue service.
No laboratory testing.
Rachel's account copied.
Rachel never saw.
She began understanding how many times her name had been present where she wasn't.
Identity can be misused without theft of money.
Authority stolen.
May you like
That betrayal cut deep.
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