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With a mix of anxiousness and dread I began the wait for Earl’s next visit. I could no longer bury him in my consciousness as I used to. Unplea..

Julianne was happy to watch Madison for the evening. We dropped her off, and I followed Jay to his apartment in my van. It didn’t look like a g..

Jay came home looking frustrated the next night. Madison was quick to give him a hug and kiss after he admitted to her he’d had a rough day. &l..

“How did it go?” I asked Jay when he joined me in my bedroom. “Madison forgives me too. She’s all tucked in and falling aslee..

Jay’s week of day shifts came to an end. He couldn’t be with me every second of every day, anyway. I knew that must have been what Earl w..

I spent most of the night in a fog, and when Jay came home it was to find me sitting on my bed staring at the wall. “What happened?” he a..

Jay woke up early so he could go with me to court. I had called in somewhat fearful of Patty’s reaction. She was actually very happy to hear ab..

Earl’s words about custody kept coming back to me, and I kept pushing them away by telling myself he’d never have a chance, father’..

As Jay caught his breath, the adrenaline caught up with him. “Earl, what the f**k!” he bellowed. “All Laura ever was to you was a f..

“I don’t have insurance,” Jay said as I pulled out of my driveway. “This is gonna wipe my savings clean...” “We&r..