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And he called it in oversight and said he genuinely wanted her at the table.

And when the school fees fight intensified, Erin had gone over Simon's head and she had actually taken it directly to Don and Gail, asking them to help the two of them talk it out.

Quote, I thought that if Simon knew that Don and Gail knew how he was behaving, he might change his behavior, unquote.

And Dawn has suggested she pray with Simon and withdraw the child support claim.

And Erin's reaction as she told her Facebook friends, quote, my head nearly exploded and I was like, what?

And Dawn and Gail had eventually told her they, quote, didn't want to get involved in financial matters, unquote.

And by December 2022, the friction had escalated to what Simon called an extremely aggressive exchange, and to the point that he considered bringing in a mediator.

And in private messages to friends on Facebook, her frustration was unfiltered, saying, quote, this family, I swear to fucking God, I thought his parents would want him to do the right thing, but it seems their concern about not wanting to feel uncomfortable and not wanting to get involved in their son's personal matters are overriding that, so fuck them, unquote.

And she would later insist the messages were nothing more than venting.

Quote, I had a good relationship with Dawn and Gail, unquote.

And Simon's brother, Matthew, had also noticed something.

And Erin had stopped coming to some family events entirely, and at others she would barely stay.

And the warm Mother's Day text from May, 2023, sent three months before that devastating lunch,

had been delivered against a backdrop the Pattersons never knew existed.

She was starting to try to build up that relationship again to make them wanna come to a lunch that she was eventually going to host.

So it was just a long game for Erin.

So on the morning of November 2nd, 2023, police arrived at Erin's door with technology detector dogs.

to locate hidden electronics like USB drives.

I didn't know these existed.

That's awesome.