KallMeKris

Erin was sitting up in bed in the trolley, unquote.

And Erin had stayed about five minutes that Monday morning, despite her doctor's objections.

She had gotten up and just walked out, saying she needed to feed the dogs and pack her daughter's ballet bag.

And when she failed to return in an agreed 20 minute window, a concerned doctor at the hospital contacted police.

And that was the first time anyone in a position of authority had treated the lunch as something other than a medical event.

And investigators began to suspect that her brief hospital appearance had never been about getting treatment.

It had been about being seen as sick.

And her behavior the day before only reinforced the suspicion.

So on Sunday, while Dawn and Gail were on their way to Corimbra Hospital, while the Wilkinsons were arriving at Leon Gatha, Erin had told Simon she'd had diarrhea since Saturday night.

And that same afternoon, she had loaded her son into the car and driven him to a flying lesson in Tyab.

And the drive was more than an hour each way.

So after her transfer to Menash Clayton, Simon's sister-in-law, Tanya, came to visit.

And Tanya told Aaron the others were going downhill quickly.

And Aaron pivoted.

And she asked about taking her children on a boat cruise.

And Simon would later say that through all of it, Aaron, quote unquote, never actually asked about how his relatives were doing.

And then there was the question of the children.

At the hospital, she had told staff her kids had eaten leftover wellingtons, but she said she'd scraped off all the mushroom before giving it to them.

And Nurse Monroe warned that toxins could have seeped straight through the mushroom and into the beef.

And Erin resisted bringing the children in saying, quote, they did not eat the mushrooms.