Call Me By Your Heart novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Conditioning
The family court judge heard it at noon, in a room with no windows and standing room only.
She was a stern woman with short gray hair, and she played the whole recording at a volume that made Delilah's lawyer wince.
Delilah sat at the other table in her cream suit with her hands folded.
Her father sat behind her.
When her own voice said she had paid forty thousand dollars, Delilah looked at the ceiling.
The judge stopped it.
She read the sworn statement from the retired doctor aloud, every page, in a flat clear voice.
Nobody coughed.
"Mrs. Hargate," she said when she finished. "You told this court you had no knowledge of the child's birth family."
"I was advised," Delilah said.
"You told a hospital the adoption was closed with nothing on record."
"My father."
"Your father isn't in the witness chair." The judge took off her glasses. "I am removing your authority over every medical decision for this child. Mr. Tolland and Ms. MacAleese have joint authority, effective this moment, and your visits will be supervised by the hospital."
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