Chapter 9 - THERESA’S PRIVATE CALENDAR
The search warrant was limited.
Police were investigating unlawful restraint and possible child endangerment.
Theresa’s phone and tablet data relevant to Nora were reviewed under lawful process.
My attorneys obtained civil discovery separately.
No broad invasion because I was angry.
One calendar category stood out.
N TRANSITION.
Dates.
School.
Therapy.
Audrey’s treatment.
My travel.
Then:
March 8 — discuss permanent bedroom at estate.
March 15 — introduce “women’s household” routine.
March 22 — care delegation signature.
April — review Audrey prognosis.
That last entry made me sick.
Theresa was organizing my wife’s disease into a household takeover schedule.
Then messages with our cousin Lucille? Avoid introducing many characters. Better messages with her attorney? Attorney protected privilege, not discoverable necessarily. Use note to herself.
Nora needs female authority before Audrey’s decline becomes crisis.
Another:
Gabriele will indulge from guilt.
Another:
Audrey uses illness to keep household emotionally centered on her.
That sentence enraged me.
Audrey had spent half her hospital calls apologizing for being sick.
Then:
If Audrey recovers, delegated structure can remain for continuity.
There.
Even recovery would not end Theresa’s role.
That clarified motive.
This was not only contingency planning.
Theresa wanted a permanent place as second parent.
Why?
Partly family ideology.
Partly fear.
Partly resentment.
But the central plan still required confirmation.
One final note:
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The estate must become Nora’s real home before Gabriele realizes he can raise her elsewhere.
Chapter Ten would explain why Theresa needed that.
