o eventually deserve to pass down to her.
Grady and Pauline were informed, separately from me, that they would not be permitted contact with either me or the children pending the outcome of the emergency protective order Detective Vasquez had filed that same afternoon. Grady’s reaction, according to Theo Manning, who witnessed it directly, moved rapidly from disbelief to open anger, confirming, in real time, exactly the pattern the recordings had already documented.
PART 4
The weeks that followed were a blur of hospital recovery, protective order hearings, and careful, exhausting logistics involving Hazel and Wren, both of whom were placed temporarily with my sister, Michelle, while the initial protective measures were established.
Grady was formally charged with multiple counts of domestic assault and unlawful restraint, based on the recorded evidence spanning months rather than a single incident. Pauline was charged as an accomplice, given her active, recorded participation in
