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“He asked me if I’m mean when I wake people up I said no, of course not! He’d been talking about that show he’s so into We really need to see that at soht that hy he was asking Then he says that Mommy shakes him ahen he has bad dreams But Whyatt on Super Why! didn’t do that when someone had a bad dream”

Levi thought his mother’s a

ctions wereto Kacey for confirmation?

“You think he had a bad dream and she shook him until he threw up?” She had to call Jem

She couldn’t call Jem

There was conflict of interest written all over that one

She had to call Sydney, the social worker she shared cases with most often They had the sah Risk Team started by the Leh-risk assistance from all professionals who could possibly be needed Doctors, psychiatrists, police, hospital records

If Lacey had screwed up and put that little boy at risk

She’d called Ella Ackerh Risk representative from the children’s hospital, too

But Tressa could have taken Levi to other hospitals

Or Jem could have

She’d met Tressa

There was no way that kind, gentle, self-deprecating woiven hiatively affect his emotional stability

People prone to drama were also prone to overreaction Tressa had said she overreacted To everything Whichto that effect