Chapter 10 - LAURA’S DEFENSE
Miles away in a quiet, warmly lit suburban home, Laura sat at her kitchen table with her own high-powered attorney.
Spread across the wooden surface were the financial records proving Damon's mother had orchestrated the entire exile.
"He’s filing for paternity and emergency custody," her lawyer said, looking up from the tablet with a serious expression.
Laura looked at her twin boys sleeping peacefully upstairs, their chests rising and falling in rhythmic unison.
"He signed the papers, Sarah," Laura reminded her attorney, her voice laced with a lingering, painful resentment.
"He did, but under fraudulent pretenses induced by his mother's illegal coercion and forged medical data," Sarah noted.
"Can he win?" Laura asked, the fear finally breaking through her tough exterior for the first time.
"Not if we present the full picture of the psychological and financial abuse you suffered," Sarah assured her firmly.
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Laura took a deep breath, clutching her coffee cup as she stared out the window at the snow-covered lawn.
She had spent three years building a safe haven, and she wouldn't let him tear it down without a fight.
