She Said She Came to Take Her Children Back

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Mia didn’t say anything at first. She folded and unfolded the string on her hoodie for almost a minute.

Then: “Do I have to call her Mom in court?”

Janet’s whole face changed when she heard that.

“No,” she said. “You don’t have to call her anything.”

The Note in the Diaper Bag

The wrinkled note had always bothered me because it was so small.

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