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134|Carol Scheepers—Part 2

Marybeth checked her phone, relief dulling her senses when she saw it was Austin trying to reach her. She didn't realise how worried she was about him until his call.

"I'm assuming you have to take that," said Seshnee, nodding at the still-ringing phone in Marybeth's hand. She threw her handbag over her shoulder, adding, "I'll send your application to the judge. We should hear back from her in a day or two. In the meantime, Adeline and her siblings will remain at Safe Haven."

"What about Carol? What's going to happen to her? Will she be charged with child neglect?"

Seshnee shook her head, her thin lips curling in a small smile, "You mean by the police? I'm afraid not. Now that Social Services has taken over, we'll investigate Carol's case."

"So what's going to happen to her?"

"She's free to return to her home for now until the hearing. And if she wants her kids back, she'll have to attend mandatory parenting lessons and put in some work with a family therapist."

"I see," Marybeth said
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Elizabeth Emery
o boy Eli has rattled the wrong skeletons.
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