Ashley Flowers

Cool.

But it was enough to get Laura an order of protection against David and full custody of the children.

She filed for that the day after this incident.

And Laura and Dave did not see each other again for over five months.

In that time, she was living at her rental house, doing her pediatric neurology work, taking care of her kids, spending time with friends, and she had even started to date.

But Laura's close friends knew that this was not an easy time for her.

Emily told police that Laura was always scared of Dave, and then she told us that Laura did not feel safe.

On top of that, Laura was working hard.

I mean, to the point where Emily said Laura would make comments about what she couldn't afford at the coffee shop that they would go to together.

And Laura apparently stopped going to the gym for personal training because she could no longer afford sessions.

Oh, I'm sure she got paid well at Phoenix Children's Hospital.

I'm just not clear what other factors were at play.

I mean, I know Emily asked her about it before, but Laura would just say that she had a lot of student loan debt, which, like, med school, that's no joke.

For sure.

But she also mentioned some IRS tax stuff that had to do with Dave.

Okay, go on.

I can't.

Like, we weren't able to corroborate anything involving the IRS with official records, so I don't know what Laura might have been referring to.

But what is in the police report, though, is this.

One of Laura's co-workers at Phoenix Children's Hospital told investigators that he and Laura discovered Dave had started several businesses that she didn't even know about.