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“Whatever,” he grumbles “I’ll pay you child support, whatever is standard And I’ll need you to pack up Hope tomorrow I’d like this done sooner rather than later”

Jesus Doesn’t he care at all about our daughter? While I don’t have a doubt into make Hope insanely happy, I know she’ll be confused by it, too

And she’ll miss her dad How could she not?

“Okay Tomorrow,” I murmur into the phone “Have you told her?”

“You can handle that,” he clips out, and then, to s up

I don’t care, though Nothing more to say

The s were said

I slowly set my phone down, still in a bit of a haze over how drastically and fucking fantastically ed with that phone call

I rotate onme hat seems to be the keen attention of a hawk “What did he say?”

My tongue seems thick, and I still don’t half believe what I just heard “Nelson just said he’s not fightingtomorrow And he’ll pay child support”

Asher doesn’t say anything, but his eyes sparkle and his lips curl upward

And then it really hits reat in my world slams into me

Grinning hard, I enunciate hter”

Asher’s ser When I shriek with excite ht at hi o around his neck and I start ju, “I have custody of Hope I have custody of Hope”

I feel strong arhtly around“That’s a, Hannah”

God, his voice is so buttery soft and full of happiness on my behalf It makes me pull away from him so I can check out the expression on his face to see if it matches