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have called me for something else this time.
    “No-No, it’s my pleasure.”Even that sounded dirty. “But baby, I’m afraid I have’ bad news for you.” His tone changed into something sharp and pointed.
    I knew what he would be saying. It must be about the company’s performance. My heart wasn’t prepared to hear that, at least not today when I'd found out my husband betrayed me, ran off with my money and I couldn’t even file a complaint with the police.
    “What bad news?” I had’ no choice.
    “We are filing a case against you for your company’s performance. The company will be merged with the trust. And the trust will take care of the all business.”
    “You can take that company whenever you want, Shaun. I’m really not into it much.” I hoped that was it and he wouldn’t’ say anything about Stephen’s custody.
    “And and...listen, the good news is yet to come. We will be taking custody of Stephen from you and transferring it to the trust. We don’t think you are a good mother to look after that poor soul. You know what I mean...” He laughed wickedly.
    “You bastard,” I shouted. “I know exactly what you mean and I won’t let that happen. Trust me, Shaun, you are not getting Stephen from me. Even if I have to go to the president for that, I’ll do it. He’s not going with you,” I screamed from the bottom of my lungs.
    “The court will decide that. I just thought I should warn you beforehand so you won’t suffer from a heart attack when you receive the summons,” Shaun said.
    My knees went weak. Anger turned me inside out, twisting my heart until I couldn’t breathe.
    Carrie came forward and saved me from falling down. But she couldn’t save the fate of the cell phone. It shattered in pieces with a breaking noise.
    “What happened? What is that jerk telling you now?” Carrie was holding Stephen in one hand and holding my arm in other. She helped me to sit on a chair and then put Stephen on the bed.
    “Shaun, he is filing a court case against me to merge the company back with the trust. And top of that, he is also filing a custody change case.” Tears were raining down from my eyes. It was a second blow. My heart twisted inside out, my brain was on a roller coaster ride. Nothing looked remotely hopeful to me.
    I knew Shaun would do this eventually, but I wasn’t prepared to lose Stephen again. First I'd lost him to my dad and now Shaun wanted him to take him away from me forever.
    No, I couldn’t let it happen. I won’t allow him to take the piece of my heart away from me. “I won’t let them take away Stephen from me, I won’t. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep Stephen with me,” I hollered, but nothing could take away that pain from my heart. The pain was killing me from inside. That bastard was going to put a case against me and I had’ no chance of winning it.
    “No, I won’t let that happen.” Somehow, a little piece of strength started flowing through my veins. There was a choice; I could give up or I could fight against him. Yes, I’ll fight against him. Why not? I would show them what it takes to be against a mother. I would’ protect my child’s custody at any cost. Even if it killed me.
    I was snapped out of my thoughts by a loud sound of someone falling on the ground hard. My chin jutted up; Carrie was standing in front of me, looking at me with her brown eyes. I turned to look at Stephen, but he wasn’t there on the bed.
    “Stephen,” I cried.
    Carrie jumped back and ran outside. I followed her. I could see blood; Stephen was lying unconscious on the ground. Blood was coming out of his head. My heart stopped. What just happened to my baby?
    “Oh, my God. He must have fallen off the chair,” Carrie shouted. She shook my shoulder. “Grab him, Nikki. We need to take him to the E.R.” She called someone and ran down the stairs.
    I picked up the piece of my  heart and pushed my hand on his wound. It was still bleeding. Stephen was unconscious.