15
Avery
The opposing legal counsel had presented a rock-solid case that had brought Grant and Molly’s stellar parenting skills into question. Our only hope at this point was to attack Scout’s birth mother’s character to make her seem like an unfit mother.
Grant’s team of attorneys had been digging for weeks, but hadn’t been able to come up with anything more damning than a couple of unpaid parking tickets against Angie.
As we sat at the table waiting for the day’s session to start, I remembered Grant mentioning that the woman had a haggard appearance that made her look like she had aged a decade in the months since he’d seen her.
At the time, I had assumed the grief over missing Scout had caused the premature aging. Court was being called to order when the idea hit me. I grabbed the
