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Because Lily was four.

Because for all Daniel’s monstrosity, he was still the only father she knew.

Because I refused to make her childhood a courtroom spectacle if there was another way to secure her future permanently.

“I want full, sole, permanent custody,” I said. “I want his name off her birth certificate. I want every legal right he continue reading …