My blood went completely cold.
“What?” I choked out, looking back at Emily.
Emily took a step backward, clutching the twins tightly against her chest, her eyes wide with a terrifying, familiar panic. “She… she brought papers to the hospital when I was in labor, Michael,” Emily whispered, her voice trembling. “I was drugged, exhausted… she told me if I didn’t sign the release forms, she would have her brother’s connections put me in prison for the ‘stolen’ necklace!”
“And now, legally,” Ashley said, her eyes glinting with pure triumph, “those babies belong to an open state adoption pool. Since Michael and I are engaged, my application takes priority over an unemployed, unhoused mother. I came to take my children home, Michael. With or without you.”
To see Michael turn the tables on Ashley’s legal trap, continue reading below for Part 3.
