Chapter 14 - DANA’S COUNTERATTACKDana claimed I had become obsessed with her.

Her attorney produced texts.
Some embarrassing.
Me to Eric:
I swear she watches me like I’m a guest in my own house.
Another:
Sometimes I think she wants Ivy more than she wants this job.
Another:
I need her gone before the baby comes.
All real.
Dana’s theory:
I resented her closeness with Ivy.
I used Luke to engineer a confrontation.
I provoked her.
When I slipped on spilled milk, I turned an accident into an assault allegation.
Then the recording.
Still, her attorney argued tone could be misread.
She said:
“If the baby is gone, this house will be cleaned up.”
He suggested she meant:
If the pregnancy ended for unrelated reasons, her workload would decrease.
An appalling interpretation.
Not impossible language-wise.
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But combined with the raised bottle and my account?
A jury question.
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