# CHAPTER 41: THE CALM BEFORE
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**Mira's POV — Saturday Morning**
The witness statements covered the kitchen table at Callum Mansion.
Sera Sinclair: *"Dr. Whitmore is the most dedicated mother and healer I know. Her personal choices don't diminish her exceptional parenting."*
Dr. Chen: *"Exemplary professional with perfect patient outcomes. Any claims of unfitness are politically motivated and baseless."*
Ms. Yesenia: *"Brielle Ravencrest is well-adjusted, emotionally secure, and thriving. She speaks about both parents with love. This hearing is absurd."*
Mira's lawyer—a sharp woman named Rebecca Flores—nodded approvingly. "Strong statements. The character witnesses alone should be enough. But we need to know where Ravencrest stands."
"I don't know," Mira admitt
