My Mother’s Boyfriend Beat My Nine-Year-Old Brother With a Belt—Then a Stranger Called Our Kitchen Phone and Said, “Stay Away From the Kids”
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Chapter 20 - I meet the lawyer Gary consulted
Her name was Janet Morris.
She came voluntarily through counsel.
She looked furious.
Not at me.
At Gary.
She explained:
“He presented concerns about escalating behavior.”
“Did you tell him to put a camera in kitchen?”
“No.”
“To provoke me?”
“Absolutely not.”
“To hit Ethan?”
Her expression hardened.
“No.”
She showed investigators her original email:
Guardianship is an extreme remedy and cannot be used to preserve family control over business interests. If Brooke is competent at eighteen, disagreement about investment decisions is irrelevant.
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Gary had printed everything except that paragraph for Mom.
That detail became evidence of intent.
