Chapter 10 - A Trial of Faith**
Life’s path to recovery is rarely linear. Six months after moving into the cottage, Grace received notice that Mark had filed a petition for unsupervised visitation, backed by a new team of aggressive attorneys claiming he had completed anger management courses. The news hit Grace like a physical blow, threatening to plunge her back into the dark spiral of helplessness. The thought of Leo spending weekends alone with Mark terrified her to her core.
Rather than collapsing into despair as she once might have, Grace immediately scheduled a meeting with Marcus. Together, they gathered character references, psychiatric evaluations, and evidence showing Mark's lack of genuine accountability. Grace realized that fear was a tactic her past held over her, but action was her shield. She was no longer the silent woman shivering under a blanket; she was a fierce mother ready to cross oceans to protect her child's wellbeing.
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