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She ignores that. “Your father and I have been worried sick. Derek has been worried sick. For you to take those children like you did… He’s their father!”

She’s shrieking so loud that she’s hurting my ear. I do a quick check to determine no one’s around—no need to subject myself to shame on multiple fronts—and then I put her on speakerphone.

“Are you even interested in why I took the children?”