He whispered:

“I thought if I had a video, I wouldn’t have to pick.”

That sentence became the center of everything that happened afterward.

My eight-year-old had believed truth required evidence because adults were asking him to choose which parent to betray.

PART 7 — I HIRE A LAWYER

I called attorney Dana Reeves before leaving the courthouse.

I had consulted her once the previous week but had not formally retained her.

Now I did.