The Baby Clause
And just like that, he turned and walked off, back straight, shoes dusty, smug satisfaction trailing behind him like cologne.
I stood there, fists clenched, blood roaring in my ears.
Rosa hissed through her teeth. “I’m gonna kill him. With a spoon. A dull one.”
I didn’t laugh.
Didn’t even smile.
Just crumpled back onto the couch, the legal notice fluttering in my hand like a flag of surrender.
Then I opened my laptop.
Emergency housing relief.
Denied. Ineligible for non-residential displacement.
Relocation grant.
Denied. No fixed income or proof of employment.