ed by Dr. Foster. She was forced to listen to Mozart for an hour while lying on

oked tired, his tie loosened, his e

sofa, watching a reality s

switch, flooding the roo

elding her eyes. "W

thick document onto the coff

eyes. She reached for the d

ext. Her heart

e shall be dissolved. Full physical and legal custody of the child shall remain with the Conway Family Tru

if it were burning. "You..

. "Not take. Place. A Conway child must be raised in the C

na. Your father is a criminal. You grew up in a one-bedroo

, standing up. "I'm not selling m

to save your mother. If you don't sign this amendment, th

blackmail. He was holding

er," she said, h

replied. "And I am protec

ut a Mont

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and shook so violently

felt like she was signing her own d

back instantly. He checke

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m the sofa and hurled it at the door. It

s, wrapping her arms

o the tiny life inside her. "I signed the paper, but