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Public hearing request

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POV: Evelyn

I found out about the custody request the same way I find out most things these days, not through a conversation, not through a warning, but through a fucking piece of paper.

It came folded inside a hospital envelope, handed over by someone who couldn’t even hold eye contact long enough to pretend it was normal. My name was printed on it in that cold legal format that makes you feel like a problem instead of a person. Arthur’s name sat above it like it had always belonged there.

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