I constructed my house, moved my spouse in and was ready to adopt children. After waiting (for a LONG time) the courier would not deliver me a message talking about adoption. I realized that the old hag, Grelod the Kind, was still alive. My guess was that that was the reason I wasn't able to adopt. So I went to the orphanage, followed her out to the little enclosed area on the side of the orphanage, beheaded her, and gleefully shouted "FINALLY, bring on those adoption papers!" I went inside and naturally, the children were happy, but Constance was in a constant state of flee. She will not talk to me at all. She just keeps screaming "GET AWAY" and running to the opposite end of the room. I tried hitting her with calm, rally, fear, and frenzy spells/scrolls, hoping to somehow get her out of that state. Nothing worked. Grabbing at straws, I thought, "maybe I should try killing Grelod a different way."
I tried:
Hitting her in the back of the head while she was sitting down in her room (while crouching)
Hitting her while she slept in her bed, again while crouching
Hitting her anytime I caught her out of bed while both Constance and/or the kids were in bed
Pegging her with arrows from various points in the room and at various times of day
Using the wabbajack, which just kills her
Htting her out in the open, (actually that was more out of frustration)
Using both Ice Form and Paralyze on Constance then racing to her room and killing her, then using the first 2 methods I mentioned above (grabbing at straws)
Going outside, committing a petty crime, luring a guard into the building, convincing him to look the other way, then discreetly frenzying her into attacking the guard.
ALL of these end with the same result, Constance being in a constant state of fear, prohibiting me from talking to her.
My sanity is being tested.
