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Asher has never shown an interest in s that would make me more convenient to him

“Hope,” I answer cautiously,so I can scrutinize him “She’s five years old”

“And is her last name the same as yours?”

I nod “Madigan was my married name I kept it in the divorce so Hope and I would have the same last name”

His attention is solidly on the road where it should be, but he’s apparently intent on conversing “You told me you don’t have custody because your husband was friends with the judge or so like that?”

The question is without an ounce of censure or condeenuinely curious I tell hi to keep the bitterness in ist of it I mean, he was the moneymaker in the family and I was a stay-at-home mom I didn’t have much money to hire an attorney, not one ould have probably been able to get the judge e felt Hope would be better off with her father, who had a gorgeous rade education and no real work experience”

“That’s hardly fair,” he says

“Understateh “But I did retain an attorney with the bonus you gavewith the court next month”

“Why next month?”

“Because he says I need an established work history whileme as your housekeeper He says thirty days should do it, or actually… he said sixty would be better, but I’m impatient”

Asher is silent, and I figure he’s reached his quota of curiosity about his “eoes back out to the street, and I realize he’s in hborhood

“I have a good attorney if you need help I have es if you want ”

It takes effort not to gape at his generosity, but I rateful smile “I appreciate it, but I think the attorney I hired has it covered II’m in your employ and that I’m an excellent worker”