Leah blissfully watched her son playing with their newly acquired puppy. Her sister Dianne gave it to Bradley as his companion and theoretically, boys with dogs grew up to be responsible. The dachshund was energetic, sweet and friendly with Bradley, but of course, adult supervision when the toddler was playing with the puppy would be required.

Watching Bradley reminded her of Jefferson. Recently, she didn’t make her visible to him because honestly, she was scared that he would be true to his words and would fight for Bradley’s custody. She was ignorant for being scared like that. After she read everything she could find online about a child’s custody in...