Chapter 15 - My mistake with the encrypted app
I made a bad decision.
Marcus had warned me.
I still used the encrypted app to send him photographs of two documents my attorney had lawfully provided from discovery.
No classified information.
No stolen records.
But Marcus had explicitly said:
Do not turn me into an investigator.
I asked:
“Does this look like the kind of signature reuse we used to see?”
He answered:
“Stop.”
Then called me.
“You are building your own parallel interpretation.”
“I’m asking professional context.”
“You’re a party to a family case.”
“I know what I’m looking at.”
“That is the problem.”
I snapped:
“My son was held down because he found this.”
Marcus went quiet.
Then:
“Your son needs you credible.”
That stopped me.
I deleted the local copies after confirming my attorney retained proper records.
Told my lawyer what I had done.
She documented it.
No evidence contamination because Marcus did not alter or obtain anything independently.
Still stupid.
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My old life made me think expertise excused role boundaries.
It did not.
