girl curled against her like a kitten
ter and a tube of ointment. "Here. Put this on your wr
r with a fiery temper, was
ntment. She carefully applied it to the brui
mall mouth blowing gentle puffs of
r," Cleo whispered, kissing her daughter's forehea
to check on the othe
r, Cleo's mind drif
ntract. He rarely came home, treating her as a convenient tool
home drunk. He had mistaken her for Isabelle. That night was the o
elf-loathing. He'd left a check on the nightstand as "c
e was pregnant. She knew the con
ke for her, would never acknowledge the child.
on to leave. Citing a desire to "study advanced embroidery technique
r out of his sight, ha
she had secretly given birth to t
ant him to play with me." Luna's v
tie. Let's let him slee
ince is out cold. So, what's your plan now? Are
r gaze resolute. "Today, at the hospital,
"That abusive son of a bitch! C
s no proof, and it would only blow up into a bigge
take it?" Chloe
settlement money I'm entitled to, and then take the kids and my mo
ork? Where w
us." Cleo's gaze drifted to the window. "I want L
dition, was in a quiet care facility in C
and. "Leave the property division and custody
boy, the spitting image of Luna but with a
Axel, and his expression was as
m like his sister, but first glancing at
hurt you
was und
hrough Cleo's che
ly on Cleo's other side, effectively bracketing his siste
the other so serious and precocious, Cleo felt a sur
earching for real estate in Seattle
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