What I Said To The Court After The Judge Read That Report, And What My Youngest Son Called Me That Same Evening

The judge asked me what relief I was seeking. Everyone in that room, including my own attorney, expected me to say I wanted out. Declan and Marisol were mine. Isaiah was my brother Gideon’s. Rosalind had been sleeping with him for two years, and my brother had sat at my dinner table through all of it.

 

 

I told Judge Calloway I was not contesting paternity for any of the three. I was contesting the numbers. Rosalind had told the court I had no relationship with the children in order to justify full custody and that support figure. The report proved she had known for six years and had never once considered telling me, because the arrangement worked better for her if I stayed the devoted father who never asked questions. The judge ordered a full reassessment, custody was split evenly, and the support dropped to a figure that reflected the truth.

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