Shannon arrived at work at precisely 8:00 a.m. She flipped on the lights, deposited her briefcase on her desk, and set her coffee mug on top of the file cabinet. She stowed her purse in the file drawer, and then shrugged out of her coat and hung it on the coat tree.
As she reached over to retrieve her coffee mug, she paused to study the photo of her three nephews. Without conscious thought, she pressed a light kiss to the photo with the tip of her finger. "I miss you boys," she whispered out loud.
Shannon pulled open the second drawer of the file cabinet and shuffled through the alphabetical files until she reached the Clarkson file. She pulled it out, laid it on the top of the other files, and flipped it open. She studied the notes so she would be prepared for the 9:00 a.m. custody hear
