Chapter 17

Several weeks after his signed statement reached both attorneys, we returned to Judge Morales’s courtroom. The final custody hearing began with Nolan’s own words. Nia placed his signed declaration before Judge Morales and read the first sentence aloud. "I knew my daughter’s rescue medication was in my vehicle, and I still chose not to return." Across the courtroom, Nolan did not look away. The hearing was no longer about which parent loved Ivy more. Love could exist beside terrible...