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Chapter 4: The Breaking Point

Chapter 4: The Breaking Point

Security moved closer.

Not aggressively.

But decisively.

Evelyn finally stepped back from the bassinets.

Slowly.

Like her body had stopped agreeing with her plans.

“This is my grandson,” she said again, weaker now. “You can’t just take him away from the family.”

The administrator shook her head.

“No, ma’am.”

“They’re not being taken.”

A pause.

“They’re being protected.”

Julia watched as the papers Evelyn brought—adoption forms, pre-filled custody drafts—were collected from the floor.

Stamped.

Photographed.

Logged into evidence.

Her husband finally broke.

“Julia
 why didn’t you tell me?”

She looked at him.

For a long moment.

Then answered simply:

“Because I wanted to see who you would choose when you thought I had nothing left.”

He couldn’t answer.

Because he already had.

Evelyn was the one he stood behind.

Until now.

The administrator closed the file.

“Effective immediately, any unauthorized attempt to remove these children will be treated as custodial abduction under federal statute.”

Evelyn whispered, almost to herself.

“This isn’t possible
”

Julia adjusted one of the tiny blankets over her baby’s chest.

And said quietly:

May you like

“It was always possible.”

“You just never asked who I was.”

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