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Chappaqua Poison

Privacy Architecture

4 chapters

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Act I

Chapter 4 ●

Tara Knoll

Easter dinner at a house called Tara Knoll — Steve's only visit to the Walsh compound in Chappaqua. Walsh Sr. performs the patriarch. Michael counts change at the table. The sisters wear matching outfits. Brienne watches from a chair. Something about the family is off. He never went back.

Spring 2016

Act II

Chapter 12 ●

January 27, 2018

Evie is born by emergency C-section. Steve sleeps in a chair for four days. The Walsh family fills the corridors. Then Tara gives him Adderall, and the fog returns.

January 27, 2018

Act V

Chapter 24 ●

Crabtree's Kittle House

A supervised visit after the emergency order. Steve surrenders California jurisdiction over custody to see his daughter. The grandparents bring Evie to a parking lot in Chappaqua. Maura refuses to let go. Walsh Sr. intervenes. The child calms in her father's arms and cries when she sees her grandmother.

August–September 2018
Chapter 28 ●

The Ambush

The last supervised visit ends at dusk. At the gate, a blacked-out SUV. Two men in camouflage. The supervisor who documents what she saw is removed from the case. The judge recuses herself without comment. Steve never sees his daughter again.

September 21, 2019