My Husband Filed for Divorce and Called Me an Unfit Mother—Then Our 8-Year-Old Son Asked the Judge to See What He Had Hidden in His Teddy Bear

“Because I wish you never thought you needed to.”

He went quiet.

I continued.

“I’m grateful you had it.”

“But I wish the adults around you had behaved in a way that made recording unnecessary.”

He looked across the yard.

“I was scared.”

“I know.”