Chapter 8 - THE STATEMENT HE WANTED ME TO SIGN
Trent printed one page.
Not twenty.
No hidden trust.
No property transfer.
No divorce settlement.
One page.
PERSONAL INCIDENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
It said:
On the date of my injury, I slipped while leaving the residence during an argument.
Trent attempted to assist me.
He did not intentionally push, strike, restrain, or injure me.
I do not consider the incident domestic violence.
I do not request internal disciplinary action.
I understand private marital disputes should not be represented as official Grimaldi security matters.
Signature line.
Mine.
Why did he need it?
Because one of the townhouse guards had heard me scream.
The guard told his supervisor:
“Mrs. Walsh said, ‘You pulled me.’”
The supervisor opened an internal incident note.
Not a police report.
Not a criminal investigation.
But once the note existed, the conduct clause in Trent’s security appointment required review.
Trent wanted my signed statement attached before Alessio’s compliance office saw the file.
I refused.
He said:
“You’re letting one sentence ruin twelve years of work.”
I answered:
“You’re asking one signature to erase what happened.”
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He did not speak to me for six hours.
That was peaceful.
