The
word had barely left my mouth when Mike appeared at the doorway.
He looked from the bassinet to Vivian and then to me.
“Judge Vance?”
Vivian turned.
The title landed between us with a weight I had not expected.
Mike stepped inside.
“Ma’am, please give the baby to the nurse. The mother has asked you to leave.”
Vivian stared at him.
“You know her?”
“I know the visitor procedures,” Mike said. “That is what matters here.”
The nurse reached for Leo again.
Vivian finally lowered him, but she kept one hand beneath his back.
“I was told Karen was waiting downstairs.”
“Karen is not taking my son,” I said.
