Chapter One Hundred

Corbin

Paperwork isn't romantic, but it can feel like freedom when you're fighting for a last name.

Dad shows up with a folder that looks like it could survive the apocalypse, and he sets it on my kitchen table like he's putting down a weapon.

"Okay," he says. "We've got the petition ready. We've got statements. We've got the therapist letter. We've got the hospital records. We've got the protecti