THEY THOUGHT A 38-WEEK-PREGNANT WOMAN WOULD SIGN AFTER ONE MORE PUSH—UNTIL SHE STOPPED FEELING THE BABY MOVE
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Chapter 5 - HAROLD’S ROLEHarold tried to minimize everything.
One push.
One bad moment.
Margaret shouting.
He claimed he did not know Claire would fall.
But camera footage showed him positioning himself between Claire and the kitchen doors before the argument became physical.
That mattered.
He wasn’t simply reacting.
He was preventing exit.
Later, investigators found messages from Margaret:
Don’t let her walk out before she signs.
Harold replied:
Understood.
His defense became harder.
Claire did not spend emotional energy hating him.
Harold was not complicated to her.
He had been given an instruction to physically control a pregnant woman.
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He followed it.
That was enough.
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