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It was three days later the news of the custody came through. The social worker they had been working with had come to check on everything in the house and the general care of the two small children. Deanna had already known that her father, the one she had thought was her father at least, had paved the way for her to be able to adopt Henry. His guardianship was never truly in question. Michelle was another story, and Deanna’s siblings had all shown some interest in being her guardian only because of the amount of money that the newborn was set to inherit. Luckily for Max and Deanna, the social worker had been able to see through their fake concern for the small baby girl.

“Max, did someone call you?” Deanna asked as she walked into his office as he was holding his later after hours while she had her last class for the night. Though they now had the two cars,