Chapter 48

It was early in the morning, and Anastasia had been attempting to reach Mahlon via phone, but she was only getting voice mails.

When the old guy demanded to see Little Blake, she was taken aback and didn’t dare ask him any questions, but she knew the only individuals who could have spilled the beans about her son.

She called Lauren Angel, and Lauren told her what had occurred and how sorry she was, but Anastasia didn’t blame her; she knew it would happen at some point, but she prayed the old man hadn’t told Mahlon about her secret since he wouldn’t forgive her if it happened this way.

She didn’t get much sleep because she was afraid and unprepared to confront any of the Browns; she didn’t want the day to finish quickly, but it did, and she didn’t sleep at night.

She awoke early in the morning due to a nightmare in which the elderly guy told Mahlon about Little Blake and he was given full custody of the youngster.

When she awoke sweating and convinced he