yellow taxi, watching the towering skyscrapers

breath, forcing the adrena

h paid the driver, stepped out into the biting wind, an

private elevator an

rectly into the penthouse,

at the kitchen island was a stra

e pushed his gold wire-rimmed g

Gardner, Chief Legal Cou

eyes d

s office. He had already prepared for this moment long before Eveline's p

d out a thick, intimidating stack of documents a

d the island. She pulled

k letters stamped across the top p

are wishes to expedite this process as quietly and efficiently as possible," Irving stated, his tone strictly tr

ached out and flipped open th

ound the cus

he minor child, Leo Ware. The First Party (Hartwell Ware) relinquishes all parental rights, including custody, vi

He was throwing Leo away like an unwanted package. The boy

he bitterness a

per month, indexed for inflation, deposited into a trust account for the benefit of t

tate minimum. It was enough to give Leo a g

ed to the prop

ocated at [Penthouse address] to the Second Party, free and clear of any liens or claim

rving. "He's givin

e child's best interest to remain in his familiar hom

ecured alternative accommodations. Tra

dos remained with Hartwell. Non-Disclosure Agreement-ten pages of ironclad gag order. If she sp

back, pr

ial support. But he was giving her nothing-no alimony, no safety net for

and Leo tucked away in this apartment, well-fed and quiet, while

Irving. Her express

son," she said quietl

s best interest for the child to remain with his mother exclusively

of the marriage Hartwell had always resented. And

he still sometimes asked, "Does Daddy love me?" She would never have to lie to him about visi

for the Mo

the front doors of th

ht. He had obviously forgotten a

of them at the island. His eyes dr

long strides. He slammed his hands dow

cruel triumph. "Is fifty thousand a month not enough for you? W

t his handsome

school play. Never tucked him in at night. Never l

affection she had ever held f

tact, Faith pressed the

hed her signature across the dotted line