Book One of Evie's Story covers the period from when Mom and Dad met through Mom's arrest for drugging Dad and the emergency custody hearing in San Francisco in 2018.

The evidence archive contains extensive documentation of this period including: toxicology reports showing lithium and Seroquel in Dad's system (March 2017, March 2018), text messages between Mom and her boyfriend Matan Gavish discussing schemes to defraud Dad (February 2018), and multiple sworn declarations from witnesses including nannies, a retired FBI agent, and Dad's treating psychiatrist.

Key events include Mom's arrival in San Francisco in August 2017, Dad's unexplained illness beginning in late 2016, the discovery of drugging through toxicology tests in March 2017, Evie's birth on January 27, 2018, and Mom's departure with Evie to New York on approximately June 9, 2018.