It came as a phone call. An ordinary, unsuspecting ring that sent a shiver down my spine. I wasn't prepared for what came next.
"Isabel," Jaxon's voice was strained over the line. "I need you to sit down for this."
My heart went into overtime skips as something pulled the rug from under me. "What's going on?"
“I… my mother, she’s going to take us to court. She wants custody of Hazel.”
I blinked, my mind reeling. “What? Why?”
“I don’t know,” he said, his voice tightening with frustration. “She says I’m not fit to raise her, that we’re unstable. She wants Hazel with her full-time.”
I could feel my stomach twist in knots. This wasn’t happening. It couldn’t be happening.
"I… I don't know what to do," Jaxon continued, and in my mind's eye, I could just see the anger rising with every wor
