Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

With Stewart's power and social standing, not to mention the fact that the child is now registered as a Wentworth, Briony hardly stood a chance. Even if the child were still officially under her care, Stewart could easily claim custody if he truly fought for it-and Briony would almost certainly lose.

From a judge's perspective, when a couple divorces and both parties are equally well-off with no plans to remarry, the fairest solution is to split the children: one for each parent.

Besides, sons are more often awarded to fathers.

And, frankly, the Wentworth family needed a boy to carry on the family name and legacy.

Of course, all this was simply Attorney Hughes's assessment, based on years of experience handling similar cases.

Laws may be written in black and white, but judges are only human. At the end of the day, legal decisions hinge on both human nature and practical realities, so long as the letter of the law is upheld.

Briony understood all of this.

The bottom line, according to Attorney Hughes, was painfully clear: her current financial resources fell far short of Stewart's. The odds of her gaining full custody of both children were slim to none.

But even so, Briony had to fight.

She'd gone through so much to find her son; she owed him four years of a mother's love. She would do everything in her power to make up for that lost time.

For a full week, Gwendolyn White and Carney had been staying at Skybreeze Retreat.

The house was filled with laughter and joy all week long.

Mario, though technically the older sibling, had always been frail and a little timid, quite unlike his independent and outgoing sister, Nina. In this new environment, he often needed Nina to guide him and help him adapt.

stress who was the elder sibling. After all, the two children were born just minutes apart. Did it really matter

seemed perfectly content with their roles as sister and brother, so the grown-ups

the situation didn't

thing, always listening in on adult conversations while pretending to play nearby, her ears

She listened. She remembered.

drove her to preschool, Nina piped up

is Mario my big

was caught off guard. She glanced

winked. "I overheard you and

her daughter's sharp mind was a real

before you, so technically, yes, he's

seems younger than me!"

now," Briony explained "When Mario was born things happened and he couldn't stay with Mommy. Without me by

Nina's voice was

full

Vol.new

the big

on. I'm stronger and I eat

help but

dropping Nina off at preschool, Briony headed back