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without some
sleep. Titus was already out cold so I snuggled closer and let
sleep take over.
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    I sat in my
office, anxiously awaiting a call from Titus to tell me how
everything went but I hadn't heard from him all day. I had a few
minutes before I had to get Christian so I cracked open one of the
many textbooks I promised Macy I would read. I didn't necessarily
find genetics interesting but I told her I would help her and I had
every intention of keeping that promise. Macy didn't deserve to
lose her husband over this but on the other hand, could I really
blame him for not wanting to be with her if she couldn't have
children? Werewolves were big on big families and women that
couldn't produce children were viewed as worthless. Macy was too
good of a person to have that happen to her.
    "Doctor Collins,"
my receptionist's voice fell over the speaker phone, "Your husband
is on line two."
    I pressed the
responding button, "Thank you, Allison."
    I picked up the
phone and clicked on the line. I wouldn't admit how my heart raced
in anticipation but I really wanted to know what
happened.
    "Hey," I
said.
    "Hey, Lizzy.
How's work?"
    "Just reading a
few textbooks other than that, I'm about to pick up Christian. What
are you doing?"
    "Uh, not much.
Claire just left."
    "And?"
    "I told her I'm
married and that you adopted Christian so she has no business
here," he said calmly. Too calmly for my likings.
    "How did she take
that?"
    He hesitated,
"Not well. I guess her mate died and that's why she came back. She
wants Christian back."
    I felt my stomach
drop at her demand. Fear and rage coursed through me equally. I
couldn't decide if I was more angry or if I feared there could be a
technicality that would allow her to take Christian from me. I
mean, when I adopted him, everything was air tight; I made sure of
that but what if there was something we missed? Everything was
handled by lawyers, very high paid lawyers, and now I was doubting
everything.
    "So what did you
tell her?"
    "I told her it
didn't matter that she wants him back. She claimed she is going to
take us to court."
    "Council
court?"
    "No, she meant
human court."
    She really was
playing dirty. She knew the only way she would stand a chance would
be in a human court but even then, we would win custody of
Christian any day. She abandoned him the day he was born and didn't
deserve to be in his life. I hated that she would even demand such
a thing. I couldn't believe she would have the gall to even suggest
that she deserved to be known by my son!
    "So what are we
going to do?"
    "Drop Christian
off with Sarah and meet me at my office. Don will be here in an
hour to meet with us and just triple check our
paperwork."
    "Okay. I'll see
you in a bit."
    "Bye,
love."
    "Bye."
    I rested my cheek
on my palm, trying to stay in control of myself. When I was
younger, I had been in total control of myself but ever since I met
Titus, I found myself losing the firm grip on my emotions. It was
so gradual, I hadn't even realized it was happening until now. I
felt out of control and that was not okay with me.
    I grabbed my
belongings and made my way out of my office, saying goodbye to the
receptionists as I exited the building. I knew this would be a
difficult time for me and Titus but I was more concerned with how
Christian would handle this. Would it be better to shield him from
Claire or to tell him what was happening? He was emotionally mature
for his age but I just didn't know if this was something he could
handle. If his reaction to finding out I wasn't his birth mother
was any sort of indication, I think we might have to spare him the
details and just let him know the basics. He deserved to know what
was happening but I didn't want him to think of Claire as anything.
I also didn't want him to feel like she abandoned him because I
knew he would carry that for the rest of