SHE CHAINED THE SHERIFF’S SICK FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN 95-DEGREE HEAT — THEN HE DISCOVERED THE SECOND HEART ALARM HAD BEEN PLANNED BEFORE SHE ARRIVED
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Chapter 22 - THE SLAPThe video of me striking Diana reached local news.
SHERIFF ASSAULTS CHILD-CARE EXECUTIVE.
Other clips showed Emma chained.
Some people defended me.
Others did not.
I refused interviews.
My attorney wanted to argue extreme emotional distress.
I said:
“I hit her after Emma was safe.”
“That matters.”
He looked annoyed.
“It also matters that your daughter had just been tortured.”
“Yes.”
“But if I call the slap necessary, I become a liar.”
I accepted a temporary no-contact order regarding Diana.
The county commission scheduled a disciplinary hearing.
People asked whether I regretted hitting her.
Yes.
And no.
I regretted losing control.
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I did not regret feeling rage.
Those were different things.
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Chapter 24 - DIANA AND LAURAInvestigators recovered deleted messages from an old Harrington server.
Chapter 25 - THE REAL REASON FOR THE SECOND ALARMHannah finally reconstructed the exact plan.
Chapter 26 - THE BLUE FOLDER BECOMES PUBLICProsecutors did not release the full contents.
Chapter 27 - EMMA COMES HOMEEmma came home four days after the porch.
Chapter 28 - MY DISCIPLINARY HEARINGThe county commission held my hearing six weeks later.
