Chapter 8 - Filing A Formal Restraining Order Against The Unstable Woman
The next morning, Sarah accompanied me to the county courthouse to file emergency legal documents.
We sat across from a stern family court judge who reviewed the police report, medical notes, and recovered text messages.
“Given the severity of the intrusion and the threat to a minor, I am granting a permanent restraining order,” the judge announced.
The official papers ordered Clara Vance to stay at least five hundred yards away from me, Maisie, and Ethan.
“If she violates this order by even a single inch, she will be arrested on felony charges,” the bailiff added, handing me the packet.
I felt a slight sense of relief wash over me, though I knew paper orders couldn't stop a determined stalker.
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As we walked out of the courthouse steps, my phone buzzed violently in my handbag with an incoming text from an unknown number.
I tapped the screen, and my heart stopped dead in its tracks at the words displayed before me.
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