Carter was twenty-nine, a carpenter with a modest workshop and a quiet life. Everything changed when he discovered five siblings on an emergency placement registry. Six-year-old Eli, three-year-old Lila, and four-year-old twins faced separation into different foster homes. Carter immediately contacted the agency, determined to keep them together.
Three weeks later, he sat inside family court wearing borrowed formal clothes and sawdust-covered boots. The children sat nearby, frightened and holding hands. The state had already arranged three separate homes. Carter had spent nearly his entire savings preparing his house, but the judge’s next question would expose something deeply personal. Click continue reading below
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