Chapter 6 - My Husband Had Drafted an Emergency Custody Affidavit Before the Attack
Grant’s family-law attorney eventually withdrew.
Professional obligations limited what could be disclosed, but documents Grant himself retained became relevant in discovery.
Among them was a draft affidavit.
Created Wednesday.
The day before the attack.
It described an incident that had not happened yet.
Not exactly.
There were blanks.
On [DATE], Sarah became physically aggressive toward an individual present in the marital residence.
Children witnessed the incident and appeared frightened.
I intervened to protect them.
I read it twice.
Then a third time.
“He had blanks?”
Rebecca nodded.
“For the date and person.”
“And the incident?”
“Generic.”
“He was waiting for something to happen.”
“That is what the draft suggests.”
The requested relief in the planning notes included temporary exclusive use of the home and a defined parenting schedule while “Sarah’s stability could be assessed.”
My inherited house.
If Grant could create a believable violent incident, he hoped to gain leverage in both family court and the financing dispute.
Not permanent ownership.
Not some magical legal trick.
Leverage.
A pregnant wife facing an assault allegation.
Two frightened children.
A husband claiming she was emotionally deteriorating.
A mistress willing to say Sarah attacked first.
Then Grant could approach me privately:
Sign the business guarantee.
Help stabilize the company.
Brooke does not press the issue.
Grant does not seek emergency orders.
Everybody “calms down.”
It was ugly because it was plausible enough for him to imagine it might work.
But there was still a missing piece.
Why involve the children?
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Why make them witnesses to something that could traumatize them?
That answer came from Grant’s own voice.
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