She Said She Came to Take Her Children Back

to stop acting like he isn’t my dad because of blood.”

Mia was last.

She was sixteen and shaking so hard the water bottle crackled.

Janet asked if she wanted a break.

Mia said no.

Then she looked straight at Chloe for the first time all morning and asked, “When I had pneumonia at seven, where were you?”

Bell objected. The judge allowed it to stand as part continue reading …