Norma

e vibrated sharply. Looking down, I saw Jaiden's dedicated kids' smartwatch numb

pressing answer. Instantly, the boy's

nd Mommy Candice and I just landed in Boston! I'm starving! Get back to the pe

lab or the rink, a single call from him would ha

d, arrogant tone, my heart fe

, my voice devoid of

ain, Jaiden. If you're hungry, go ask

ned that his ever-obedient mother had just refused him. Se

m gonna tell Dad to kick you out of the h

um. I hung up the call and added his sma

irm downtown twenty minutes later. The receptionist led me s

his nose and slid two thick stacks of l

the other was the Declaration of Permanent Waiver of

ly. "Once you sign these and they are delivered to Bryant Norton, you forfeit

en, flipped to the signature pages of both documents

his voice and slid a third, thinner fol

cial Agreement on Permanent Waiver of Paterna

ng cannot take effect unilaterally. You must find an opportunity to have Bryant sign it personally in

Rights." A cold light glinted in my eyes before I slipped the secret draf

iden's custody waiver into a heavy brown kraft envelope with

illed out a Priority Overnight commercial waybill. Under the recipient line,

ceipt, confirming the package would be placed directly on t

into the crisp winter sun, I t

onto a cold iron streetlamp by the curb, realizing I needed to visit a private OB-GYN clin