My Ex Gave Our Son a Toy Car — What I Discovered Inside Sent Me Straight to a Lawyer (2 of 4)

We’ve been divorced for two years. It wasn’t amicable. He cheated. I filed. He tried to paint himself as the “victim,” and when that didn’t stick, he backed off. Quiet. Distant. Until recently.

Lately, he’d been showing up more. Bringing snacks. Toys. Asking odd questions like, “What kind of stuff does John say about me when I’m not around?”

I thought it was guilt. Now I know better.

It started with a strange flicker in the baby monitor. Static I couldn’t explain. Then I noticed the toy car would make this tiny click every so often—even when it was powered off. One night, I finally decided to investigate.

John had gone to bed. I pulled the car into the kitchen, flipped it on its side, and unscrewed the bottom panel. Nestled behind the battery was a small black device—wired in and blinking.

Not a GPS.

A microphone.

A live audio transmitter.

My hands went numb.

I recorded everything—photos, video, timestamps. I called a friend of mine who works in corporate cybersecurity. He confirmed it: an active listening device. Basic, cheap, discreet… and illegal.

Kyle had been listening to us.