Adding to the Family. GINA WILKINS
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Название: Adding to the Family
Автор: GINA WILKINS
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
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She had packed their birth certificates and immunization records in Kasey’s suitcase, she explained. They had been healthy children who rarely needed medical attention, so Miranda needn’t worry about that.
“The boys have no one else to turn to,” she had added. “Miranda, I know this is a lot to ask of you, but you won’t regret it. They’re good kids. And they’re your family.”
Family. Miranda grimaced as she repeated the word in her mind. It had never been a particularly sentimental concept for her, since her own had been so dysfunctional. The idealized image of loving, supportive parents was foreign to her. The only genuine love she had known as a child had come from her maternal grandmother, who had tried her best to compensate for the emotional neglect her granddaughters had received from their parents.
Her grandmother had died when Miranda was only ten. After that, there had been no one for her to turn to for emotional support except her older sister. And now Lisa had turned to her.
“This doesn’t sound good,” Mark murmured, refolding the letter.
“No. If she has already disappeared into the witness protection program, there’s little chance that I’ll ever be able to find her, right?”
“I have a client who’s an attorney. I’ll ask him to look into this as a favor to me. He owes me a few.”
“Thank you. I’d appreciate that. In the meantime, what am I going to do with these kids?”
“You don’t have to work tomorrow, do you?”
“No, I wasn’t planning to go in at all this weekend.”
“That’s good. That will give you time to make arrangements.”
“What sort of arrangements?”
“You’ll have to make plans for some sort of childcare while you’re working. And there are steps you need to take to have yourself named their legal guardian. My attorney friend can help you with that part, too. It’s clear from this letter that your sister is voluntarily giving up her parental rights.”
“Just wait a minute, Mark.” Aware of the partially opened bedroom door, she leaned closer to him, keeping her voice low. “I can’t be their legal guardian. Obviously I’m not set up to raise a couple of boys, even if that were something I wanted to take on.”
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