And printed logs of text messages — dozens of them — between Sabetha and her son.

The attorney touched two with a single finger.

The first, from Sabetha to Dane: Make her lose her temper where everyone can see it.

If she screams, or shoves me when I reach for the baby, we’ll have a room full of witnesses and it’s done.

The second: A woman with her background and that kind of career cannot raise a child properly.

Alma is going to be raised as an Ashworth.