15 Three days later, they loaded into David’s SUV and began the hour-long drive to get Sadie’s DNA test done. She and David had found a rhythm recently that had created more peace between them after meeting with the lawyer. Both had helped prep Sadie for this appointment, which was probably overkill, but they were worried. It would take time to come back, about a week, which meant they’d potentially be leaving in a week. She looked out the window and watched the other cars go buy on the highway. The closer it came to leaving, the more she questioned what to do. Thinking that she was using him was driving her need to leave, but the more she replayed everything that had happened since they came to him, she wondered how much of that was true. It had never been her intent to use him. Ever.

