Her hands were in fists, pressing into the table. She stood, mimicking my moves, rattling the table. I shoved up to my feet, already knowing I would need everyone to fight this. I will have my own physician do a paternity test, and depending on those results, we’ll discuss what exact rights you think you may have. Leaning forward, I spoke slowly but clearly.
Locking my gaze with hers, I saw the steel determination radiating from her. Sign those papers, and you can go on and have a child with someone else.” She squared her shoulders, and her face grew hard. I was going through everything I needed to do in my head. She knew sarcasm, that was for damn sure. Forget the funeral, forget the meetings with her lawyer, forget mourning, forget deciding to investigate you, forget all of that. Next time my sister dies, I’ll get right on that, notifying the guy who could take Nova away from us. She looked away, her throat moving up and down.
If I’m Nova’s living father, then I decide. “As I said before, Valerie died and left me half guardianship.” She, whoever the fuck this was, didn’t deserve that.
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