Cooper
I’M NOT AN ANXIOUS MAN. I don’t get nervous. I’m nearly partner at a very notable law firm here in Connecticut and have spent my time in courtrooms during high-profile cases. But right now, here in my own home, I’m nervous. And why is that? Because today, Mandy, my 18-year-old sort of step-daughter, is coming home from her graduation vacation.
Okay, she’s not technically my step-daughter. I took Mandy in when she was 12, after the courts deemed her mother unfit to look after her. My firm handled the case, and I knew she’d just be funneled into the system, and since she and I had already developed a good rapport after spending some time together, I thought me taking her in was the best option.
Her father had been in and out of her life throughout her childhood before finally disap
