Episode # 3
Advika sat across from her lawyer.
Her eyes looked tired, but there was a quiet storm behind them.
Advika Joseph (FL)
Is there any way.
She asked, voice low and shaky.
Advika Joseph (FL)
I can keep my son away from that family?
Letto (FL's lawyer)
Advika...I know you don't want to hear this. But your son– he's part of that family too. Biologically.
Advika looked away, biting the inside of her cheek.
Advika Joseph (FL)
You don't think a judge will cut his father out completely. Especially if he's stepping up now.
Advika Joseph (FL)
But he didn't want him.
Advika Joseph (FL)
He denied the baby. He said it wasn't his. I have messages. I have proof. He didn't even show up once...not for me, not for my son.
Letto (FL's lawyer)
That matters. It does. If he refused the baby before birth, and was absent for years, the court will take that seriously.
Letto (FL's lawyer)
You've been the only parent, the stable one. That builds your case.
Advika Joseph (FL)
So I can get full custody?
Advika asked with hope in her voice.
Letto (FL's lawyer)
You can. But I can't promise he'll be cut out completely. Unless he's proven dangerous or unfit, the court might still give him visitation or shared say in big decisions.
Advika Joseph (FL)
Now. Now he wants to step up?
Before her lawyer could reply...A cold, low, too familiar filled the room.
She didn't turn right away. Her shoulders stiffened. She knew that voice like a scar she couldn't erase.
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
Trying to run away with my son again, huh?
Advika turned, her face hard.
Advika Joseph (FL)
Are you talking about the baby you said wasn't yours? the one you weren't ready for?
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
That was then. I was–confused. But I'm not walking away now.
Advika Joseph (FL)
Oh, now you're not walking away?
Advika Joseph (FL)
Now that he's older. Now that he has a name, a face, a life...now you want to play father?
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
I'm not playing anything.
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
It's my responsibility. I am his father.
Advika let out a short bitter laugh.
Advika Joseph (FL)
You talk about responsibility like you know what it means. Funny. Where was that responsibility when I told you I was pregnant.
She stepped closer, her voice trembling with anger.
Advika Joseph (FL)
You'll never get my son. He's mine. A soul you paused away before he even entered this world.
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
This isn't about us.
Advika Joseph (FL)
You're right.
Advika Joseph (FL)
It's not. That's why I'm done having this conversation.
She turned to her lawyer.
Mario Kart (FL's ex-boyfriend)
We're done here.
Then she grabbed her bag and walked out. The man watched her leave. He just stood there, fists tightening at his sides.
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