Norma

windy sidewalk, the dedicated medical-alert phon

I saw it was the SOS alert l

d asthma, I had set up that emergency line years ago and kept i

ct took over, and my thumb s

y voice blasted into my ear-with

of jet engines in the background. "Dad and Mommy Candice and I are boardin

drained from

ant, Jaiden?"

lier, and it's all your fault for

s and hot cocoa waiting on the table the second we land! And make a

e flight attendant for an ice pack, not bothering to stop ou

was hungry would have sent me rushing home thro

h medical alarm just to boss me around for h

d evenly. "And I'm not your maid. If you and your Mommy C

hat his ever-obedient mother had just told him no. A

en we land, I'm gonna tell Dad to kick you out of

call, powered off the dedicated emergency phone, and dro

rived at Arthur Hayes's law fir

ight into a quiet, wood-pane

nd slid two thick legal docum

Agreement; the other was the Stipulation of Permanent W

vely. "Once you sign these and they are delivered to Bryant Norton, you forfei

pen, flipped to the signature pages of both documents

ooked up at him. "Did you

a thinner, confidential folder f

: *Permanent Waiver of Paternal Custody

to protect your baby gir

dy of her. However, under state law, this waiver can't take effect unilaterally. After you sign your

se reading *Complete Termination

hesitate to use the child as a bargaining chip. I r

r into my leather portfolio. Before my final exit handover with the Bruins was over, I

and Jaiden's custody waiver into a heavy brown

ed out a Priority Overnight shipping label. Under the recipient line, I wro

ceipt, confirming the package would be placed directly on t

into the crisp winter air, I t

ess churned sharply in my stomach. I grabbed onto a cold iron s

oagulation disorder from my first delivery,

appointment at a private OB-GYN clinic for tomorrow