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She couldn’t even snag her while Maya was in school because they were ho with Syn
What good would it do Maya if Syn ended up in jail? She figured her only choice would be to fight it in court but to do so, she needed legal representation Good legal representation The kind she couldn’t afford
“Did you try looking for someone to do it pro bono?” Autumn asked
“I’ve had no luck with that Those people lie They lie about everything Even to the point where they’ve told law enforcement I’m not Maya’s mother and that I have mental issues and refuse to take ot a per to steal Maya so I can hurt her That I was jealous of the new baby they adopted” A bitter laugh escaped her “They didn’t even adopt her They uardianship, too I don’t know that for sure, but they told others I was adopted and I never was They had fake papers made up to show the school and whoever else asked All of it was fake Everything”
Sig, appearing about to pop like a shaken two-liter bottle of soda, turned to Autuht now?”
The redhead nodded, still wide-eyed and looking a bit shell-shocked
“Baby, can you get her? Thinkin’ she needs to hear all of this now so Syn don’t gotta repeat any of it”
“Good idea,” Autu a coat off a hook She shrugged it on and glanced at Syn “I’ll be back in a flash”
After the door closed behind her, the apart in her ears
“Brother, after this shit gets straightened out, we’re gonna talk,” Sig said to Dodge
“Yeah, you’re right, we are,” Dodge agreed
The tension between the in the air And it was her fault “I don’t want to cause a problem between you two”
“Ain’t no probleht squeeze to her neck
“No, there is and Sig is right Just because—”
Her thought was interrupted when the door opened again Two people and the winter chill followed Autumn back inside
Syn blinked at thewith the way his head was shaved clean on both sides and his long hair on the top was braided down the center from his forehead past his collar His eyes were observant, but intense, as he took in the scene
The woman with him was a tall, curvy blonde, maybe mid- to late-thirties, and carried a swaddled baby in her arms The infant made a sound that shot a sharp pain froh her
It had been about five years since she saw Maya Five fucking years she’d been blocked frohter