My Ex Gave Our Son a Toy Car — What I Discovered Inside Sent Me Straight to a Lawyer (3 of 4)

To John. To me. Our conversations in the living room, maybe even private phone calls if I was close enough to the toy.

I was shaking, furious, nauseous all at once. But I didn’t call him. Not yet.

Because here’s the kicker: Kyle had recently filed for full custody. Said I was “emotionally unstable,” “difficult to co-parent with,” and claimed I was “turning John against him.”

But now… I had something he didn’t.

Proof.

The hearing was two weeks later. I sat there calmly while his lawyer laid out a sanitized case of fatherly concern and exaggerated claims. And when it was my turn, I simply handed over the device, the recordings, the expert report, and a dated log of every incident I’d noticed.

The courtroom went dead silent.

Kyle’s face went gray.

His attorney looked like he wanted to disappear.

The judge asked only one question:

“Mr. Carter, did you knowingly place surveillance equipment in your son’s toy to secretly record his mother in her home?”