Today’s hearing was important.
It was about Thomas’s future, about whether he would stay with me or be moved to another home.
The stakes were high, and I felt the weight of it pressing down on my shoulders.
The judge entered the room, a woman with an air of authority softened by empathy.
She glanced over her glasses at the files before her, then at us.
“Are you ready to begin?” she asked, her voice steady and calm.
I nodded, even as my heart raced.
This was it.
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