I stepped between him and the bassinet.

“Get out of my room,” I said.

“Officers, you see how defensive she is,” Richard said.

He turned to the taller MP.

“She’s been hallucinating since the labor.”

“We just want to make sure the baby is safe.”

The taller MP, a sergeant with a name tag that read Miller, took a step forward.

“Ma’am, we’re just here to conduct a welfare check,” Sergeant Miller said.

“Your father has presented a medical power of attorney.”

“That power of attorney is a forgery,” I said, keeping my voice steady.

“I am a former Department of Defense fraud investigator.”

“I know exactly what he is doing.”

Richard sighed, shaking his head.

“She’s rambling about government conspiracies again,” Richard said.

“She’s been doing this for months.”

“My son-in-law is deployed,” he added.

“And she has no one here to care for her.”

“I have myself,” I said.

“And I have the truth.”

I looked at the second MP, a younger specialist who looked uncomfortable.

“Specialist,” I said, reading his name tag.

“Call your duty sergeant.”