and Child Protective Services is dispatching a caseworker. Given the military lineage and your status as the child’s legal uncle, Marcus has already alerted JAG and local family courts for an immediate emergency guardianship petition.”
“You can’t do this!” Patricia shrieked as two female officers approached her with handcuffs. “This is a family matter! Claire, tell your husband to drop this!”
Claire dropped to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably as the metal cuffs clicked around Patricia’s wrists. Rachel and Vanessa were escorted out behind her in silence. When an officer approached Claire with a set of cuffs, she looked up at me with pleading, hollow eyes.
“Daniel, what about us? What about Lily?”
“There is no us,” I said calmly. “And Lily will never look at your face again.”
I walked out the front door and down the driveway toward the ambulance and patrol cruiser. The summer air was hot, but
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