chapter 23

Sage We stop off at Kat’s on the way home so she can email the documents through to Alpha Jason, and not even halfway home, she gets a confirmation email to say that she has a court date scheduled for Wednesday at 1:15 PM. Before we head back home, we stay for a cup of coffee so Kat and Mateo can check on the kids. Mateo wants Ezra to run me back, but Ezra insists he is to stay with Kat at all times. Mateo doesn’t seem to pick up the edge in his voice or the way he looks at Kat when he says it, but it is like they are hiding something from Mateo. And yet, I am excited to head home. The day has been a long one, and Kat gave me a copy of the petition to show Andrei when I get home. That does nothing, but excites me even more. “So what happens next? Does anyone know?” I ask them. “We attend the court date. As Jason said, there’s no reason for anyone to dispute it. There are enough signatures,” Mateo answers. “Then another court date and we will be set to apply to get Jonah back. Hopefully