Chapter 10 - 20 years after switch, Claire and Emily invited to police training? Maybe too institutional.
Better: They meet on anniversary, no ritual. Claire receives text from Nathan asking if she wants to renew house lease/move; she answers no; he says okay. But trivial.
Maybe Claire's new home security installer asks who gets admin access. She says both equal individual credentials. Nice symbolic but not enough.
Let's create family scene with Claire and Nathan purchasing house. The closing packet includes optional spouse power of attorney. Lawyer asks. Claire says no. Nathan says fine. Then Emily there? Maybe not.
Twenty years later, Claire sells old trust assets and signs documents herself. She asks no one permission.
Then body camera story becomes past.
Let's do: Claire at bank closing for design studio building, document requires signatures. She reads every page. Nobody rushes. Nathan waits. Emily jokes. Then she signs. One yes that is hers. Emotional.
Destroying the final body-camera copy surprised me. Part of me wanted proof forever. Then I realized proof had already done its job. Courts had seen it. Claire had been believed. Daniel had faced consequences.
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Keeping evidence indefinitely can sometimes keep a person emotionally assigned to the case it proved.
We let it go.
