“He knew you were pulling two shifts at the commercial laundry,” I said.

“Sixty hours a week,” Claire said softly.

“He told the judge I was unstable because I couldn’t pay for private daycare while I worked the line.”

I read down to the bottom of page forty-four, where Frank’s lawyer had asked him whether he was ready to give a four-year-old child a permanent home.

“He promised the court he had family behind him,” I said.

“He named Gene as his character witness.”