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“So,” Michael began, “things are at a stalemate right now. He has filed the petition for full custody, and we have countered that. We have not been able to come to a satisfactory agreement—obviously, Ken’s lawyers have stated that he will now only be happy with full custody, which is out of the question for you—so now we’re moving on to court. Our first court date is set for early next month.”
“What happens then?” Cami asked, not trying to think about how expensive his fees were going to be once they were actually going to court.
“Well, first we need to find character witnesses that can speak about Ken’s poor skills as a father as well as his substance abuse problems.”
Cami grimaced, hating the idea of allowing the fighting to get so dirty.
“I’m going to start looking into past arrests and old acquaintances, trying to find as much dirt as possible.”
Cami knew that all of those hours wouldn’t come cheap and, worst of all, Michael didn’t even seem confident in his ability to find much. In fact, as the weeks had progressed, Michael seemed less and less confident. At one point, he’d even asked if she would be willing to give up primary custody of Madison if that would mean being able to see her at all. Cami had almost punched him at the time.
“What should I be doing?” Cami asked.
“Well, I want you to think of anyone who may be willing to testify against your ex-husband. I also want you to write down all incriminating information about him that you can remember. Other than that, just spend as much time with Madison as you can.”
Because you may not have her for much longer. This went unsaid, but Cami knew it was there. She knew she had to do something. Even if it meant selling her house and moving in with her mother, she needed to hire a better lawyer. If she thought it would move fast enough to get a lawyer soon, she’d do just that.
She was sitting in her car, debating whether or not to call Maggie and take her up on her offer to pay for a better lawyer, when her phone rang. Cami pulled it out of her purse and did a double take. It was Drew calling. After the first week of waiting, she’d pretty much given up on hearing from him again. This week, she hadn’t even had the time or energy to think about it. And yet, here he was.
Cami was tired and upset and debated letting the call go to voicemail. But she knew that if she did that, she’d never call him back. At least she could talk to him now and get closure.
“Hello,” she said after the fourth ring.
“Cami, hey! How are you?” Drew sounded warm and happy to hear her voice—not like he’d been radio silent for the greater part of two weeks.
“Okay,” she lied. She really didn’t want to talk to Drew about her emotions. That was, in fact, the last thing she wanted to do right now.
“You don’t sound okay,” he said. “Is everything alright? Is it the custody battle?”
“I really don’t want to talk about it right now, Drew,” she said in an icy tone. “What do you want?”
“Oh…um…I just wanted to talk to you, I guess. I just got back from my trip and I was hoping I’d be able to see you this weekend.”
“I don’t know, Drew. I haven’t heard from you in nearly two weeks, and now you’re just back and expecting me to be at your beck and call.”
“Listen, Cami, I’m sorry I haven’t called. This trip was extremely exhausting. I didn’t really have a moment to myself. But I missed you. A lot. One of the things that kept me going was the knowledge that I would get to see you when I got back.”
He sounded so sincere that Cami felt her heart begin to thaw a little bit. Maybe he really had been on a business trip for the last two weeks and hadn’t been able to call. That was the thing…there was always a reasonable explanation, but it continued to happen. He continued to disappear every
“So,” Michael began, “things are at a stalemate right now. He has filed the petition for full custody, and we have countered that. We have not been able to come to a satisfactory agreement—obviously, Ken’s lawyers have stated that he will now only be happy with full custody, which is out of the question for you—so now we’re moving on to court. Our first court date is set for early next month.”
“What happens then?” Cami asked, not trying to think about how expensive his fees were going to be once they were actually going to court.
“Well, first we need to find character witnesses that can speak about Ken’s poor skills as a father as well as his substance abuse problems.”
Cami grimaced, hating the idea of allowing the fighting to get so dirty.
“I’m going to start looking into past arrests and old acquaintances, trying to find as much dirt as possible.”
Cami knew that all of those hours wouldn’t come cheap and, worst of all, Michael didn’t even seem confident in his ability to find much. In fact, as the weeks had progressed, Michael seemed less and less confident. At one point, he’d even asked if she would be willing to give up primary custody of Madison if that would mean being able to see her at all. Cami had almost punched him at the time.
“What should I be doing?” Cami asked.
“Well, I want you to think of anyone who may be willing to testify against your ex-husband. I also want you to write down all incriminating information about him that you can remember. Other than that, just spend as much time with Madison as you can.”
Because you may not have her for much longer. This went unsaid, but Cami knew it was there. She knew she had to do something. Even if it meant selling her house and moving in with her mother, she needed to hire a better lawyer. If she thought it would move fast enough to get a lawyer soon, she’d do just that.
She was sitting in her car, debating whether or not to call Maggie and take her up on her offer to pay for a better lawyer, when her phone rang. Cami pulled it out of her purse and did a double take. It was Drew calling. After the first week of waiting, she’d pretty much given up on hearing from him again. This week, she hadn’t even had the time or energy to think about it. And yet, here he was.
Cami was tired and upset and debated letting the call go to voicemail. But she knew that if she did that, she’d never call him back. At least she could talk to him now and get closure.
“Hello,” she said after the fourth ring.
“Cami, hey! How are you?” Drew sounded warm and happy to hear her voice—not like he’d been radio silent for the greater part of two weeks.
“Okay,” she lied. She really didn’t want to talk to Drew about her emotions. That was, in fact, the last thing she wanted to do right now.
“You don’t sound okay,” he said. “Is everything alright? Is it the custody battle?”
“I really don’t want to talk about it right now, Drew,” she said in an icy tone. “What do you want?”
“Oh…um…I just wanted to talk to you, I guess. I just got back from my trip and I was hoping I’d be able to see you this weekend.”
“I don’t know, Drew. I haven’t heard from you in nearly two weeks, and now you’re just back and expecting me to be at your beck and call.”
“Listen, Cami, I’m sorry I haven’t called. This trip was extremely exhausting. I didn’t really have a moment to myself. But I missed you. A lot. One of the things that kept me going was the knowledge that I would get to see you when I got back.”
He sounded so sincere that Cami felt her heart begin to thaw a little bit. Maybe he really had been on a business trip for the last two weeks and hadn’t been able to call. That was the thing…there was always a reasonable explanation, but it continued to happen. He continued to disappear every
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