One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

grain of her desk, focusing on the dark knots in the oak.

“I am not writing anything else on that page,” I said.

“If you don’t tell me, I can’t protect you,” Diane said. “The state’s attorney will ask you on the stand, under oath. If you freeze up then, the judge will deny the petition before we even get to the home inspection.”

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