My Seven-Year-Old Called Me At 10:41 PM And Whispered That Her Back Hurt From Carrying The Baby
My daughter called me from a house I was two hours away from, and the first thing I heard was not her voice. It was my son screaming. What I found when I got home took eleven months to finish taking apart — a stack of withdrawals, a notary stamp that should never have touched that paper, a blood test I did not want, and a man who was never actually after my money. So let me take you through it chapter by chapter, from that phone call to the day the judge finally said his name.
Contents
- 1Chapter 1 — THE CALL AT 10:41
- 2Chapter 2 — WHAT THE CAMERA KEPT
- 3Chapter 3 — THE EMERGENCY ROOM
- 4Chapter 4 — THE OTHER ACCOUNT
- 5Chapter 5 — SHE CAME HOME AT FOUR
- 6Chapter 6 — THE NOTARY STAMP
- 7Chapter 7 — GRANT MERCER
- 8Chapter 8 — JUDITH'S VERSION
- 9Chapter 9 — HALDEN ROW
- 10Chapter 10 — WHAT JOSIE TOLD NADINE
- 11Chapter 11 — THE MAN AT THE JOB SITE
- 12Chapter 12 — FOUR HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND
- 13Chapter 13 — THE BLOOD TEST
- 14Chapter 14 — WHY SHE COULD NOT HOLD HIM
- 15Chapter 15 — THE HEARING
- 16Chapter 16 — ROY VANCE, 1999
- 17Chapter 17 — THE SECOND STAMP
- 18Chapter 18 — WHAT GRANT ACTUALLY WANTED
- 19Chapter 19 — PRISCILLA
- 20Chapter 20 — HE IS MY SON