He Told Three Different Lies So No One Would Check on My Son. Then His Own Children Found the Note on the Fridge

And at that exact moment there was a knock at the door, and an officer was standing on the step with a court summons that had come out of Bridget’s police report.

“Declan Hendricks?” the officer asked, holding out the document.

Declan took it, read the top line, and looked up at me, and every ounce of the vacation drained out of his face.

“What is this, Marisa?”

Chapter 14 — Your Real Children

I waited until Toby and Noelle had carried their bags upstairs before I said anything.

“Sit down, Declan.”

“Don’t start with the drama,” he said, leaning on the counter.