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Or anyone

“Where is he now?”

“Living with a stepive a rat’s ass about hiuardian of his son, and the wo money from his trust fund for his care”

“You’re kidding I mean, I know you aren’t, butwhat about the abuse? How does the father have custody?”

“He doesn’t She does They live separately He has visitation rights They’ve moved out of state and, last I heard, Gavin had done a stint in juvenile detention for putting a kid in his class in the hospital” He burned, with physical acid in his gut, every tiht about it

Anger issues had been Gavin’s diagnosis, not that anyone was doing anything ally necessary to help him They did what they had to so that they could keep their hands on hiswas as certain as he could be without actual confirmation that Gavin knew that, too He was a smart kid

One with a great heart and a load of potential

And as likely headed for prison if so had tried to visit with Gavin, to be there for hi order against hi to interfere with his ability to parent his child

He’d gone to court Explained to the judge And while the order had been denied, the judge had firain, explaining to Craig that it was to give the boy’s father a chance to forh Craig had continued to appeal, to try, he’d been shot down by the state supreme court the month before

He could tell the judge had been on his side But the law had not been

“Last you heardso you still have some contact?”

“Only if he contacts me And then I have to let his father know”

“Has he contacted you?”

“No”

“But you keep a watch over him”