I nearly dialed 911 on the tattooed teenager holding a screaming baby inside an empty 1 AM laundromat. Then his bag tore open, and my stomach sank with utter shame.

is the biological mother and there are no reports of her hurting Emma.”

I bristled at that.

“Leaving is hurting.”

“I said that.”

“What did the counselor say?”

Jackson stared at his coffee.

“She said the court looks at whether a relationship can be safe now, not only whether someone failed before.”

I did not like that.

Not because it was unreasonable.

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