Chapter 21: On Pause She suggested it on a Sunday, which in retrospect she recognized as the worst possible day […]

Chapter 20: What a Judge Will See The call from Patricia came on a Thursday evening. Maya took it at

Chapter 19: Reaper-Jack Three weeks in, and Maya had a word for it. Home. She hadn’t said it out loud.

Chapter 18: Moving In Jackson’s house was not what she’d expected. She’d built a picture of it in her head

Chapter 17: The Custody Papers The envelope was standard white, no return address, slid under her door on a Wednesday

Chapter 16: The MC Way He waited until Emma was asleep. He was good at waiting — it was one

Chapter 15: He Found Us The knock came on a Tuesday. Maya almost didn’t answer it. She’d been in the

Chapter 14: Finally It happened on a Saturday in October. Emma had been asleep for an hour — an early

Chapter 13: The Family You Choose She’d pictured something out of a movie. Maya had been managing her expectations the

Chapter 12: What the MC Knows He didn’t sleep that night. He lay in his bed in the house on