I forwarded it to Dana without opening the attachment.

Then I saved the messages in a separate account Colton could not access.

Dana was a middle-aged woman with glasses and a voice that made every sentence sound carefully measured.

She said that a private contract couldn’t simply override a court’s custody determination and that threats were not a substitute for legal process.

She would review the proposed agreement, my property records, and any evidence of intimidation.

She also asked about the assault.