Chapter 6 - Reid’s Messages
Reid gave his phone voluntarily after our lawyers became involved.
Not because police seized immediately.
He wanted to show he had not planned harm.
It showed something more complicated.
CONSTANCE:
Perry came out three times during Vale dinner.
REID:
Use quiet room.
CONSTANCE:
He won’t stay if door open.
REID:
Then close it.
CONSTANCE:
He knows latch.
REID:
Top bolt.
My stomach turned.
There.
Constance had not invented locking.
Then:
CONSTANCE:
Winslet will lose it.
REID:
She won’t know if we handle this right.
There.
No ambiguity.
Then after:
CONSTANCE:
He cried 12 min.
REID:
Did he calm?
CONSTANCE:
Eventually.
REID:
Good.
I had to stop reading.
Later:
CONSTANCE:
Blanket in laundry room?
REID:
Yes.
CONSTANCE:
He’ll think it’s punishment.
REID:
Then explain it’s practice.
Constance:
For my house.
Reid:
Eventually.
There.
The source line:
Daddy put my blanket in there yesterday.
True.
Then custody.
CONSTANCE:
Vale says Winslet signs Friday?
REID:
She thinks it’s caregiver docs.
Constance:
You need to tell her.
That surprised me.
At least once, Constance had said it.
Reid:
I will when we’re there.
Constance:
That’s cowardly.
Reid:
If I tell her beforehand she won’t even sit down.
There.
My husband—not his mother—had chosen deception at signing.
Then Constance:
And if she doesn’t sign?
Reid:
Then we go through actual separation process.
Constance:
So why not now?
Reid:
Because this is cleaner for Perry.
Cleaner.
Then:
Once he’s used to your place, there’s less disruption.
The plan was not criminal kidnapping.
No forged court order.
No secret plane.
May you like
It was legal pressure through manipulated consent and a created status quo.
Still betrayal.
