RYAN
I sat there at the precinct fuming with rage, the thought that Ciara would come to her senses and get over all this, but instead she chose to remain gullible.
I called my lawyer and not long after, he arrived there and settled all the necessary paperwork while blatantly refusing to sign the restriction order. There is no way in this world that I am staying away from my Son or wife.
"Thank you foryourtime Mr. Lerman" The officer stretched out his hand for a handshake, I stared intensely at it, and without reciprocating his actions, I stormed out of there.
We both arrived at the attorney's office, I bang the door hard as soon as I was inside, fuming with rage.
"You need to Calm down Mr. Lerman"
"How dare she think that she can keep me away from my son, I think that I have been patient enough with her trying to see if she would come around, but she seems to be proving so difficult, I am going to be filing for custody of my son"
"What!! " The attorney exclaimed as his brows widened. "Are you certain about this, because it might end up breaking the entire relationship that you were trying to build."
"I do not care! She went too far this time around. File for paternal custody of my son and make sure that we win this case at all cost"
"I understand, but so far, she has been the one raising him and has done a good job at it, there hasn't been any form of abuse, it is going to be a difficult case".
"Find any loophole and make sure we win this case, if it means bringing out her past history of mental illness, tell the court that she is not fit to raise a child"
My breath was rising and falling heavily, my fist clenched tightly behind the large modern desk, I was so filled with rage that I thought that I was going to explode soon.
"That is alright Sir, I will do anything in my power to see that we win this case". His words seemed to have calmed me a bit and I heaved a sigh of relief while adjusting the collar of my shirt.
CIARA
I was at work the next day when a letterwas sent to my office, I carefully unsealed it once I was alone and my eyes went wild at it content.
"What!! Custody of my son when I am alive! Not in this world!!" I yanked up from my seat, pull off my coat where it was previously hung and stormed out of the office.
"Ciara! Is everything alright?" Gerald inquired seeing how hard i pressed my lips, he could tell that I was furious.
"Ryan just declared war!"
"What?" Gerald was still in the dark but I did not bother explaining myself to him as I stormed out of there.
He was about going out when I arrived there, and was stunned to see me in the flesh in his home again, but my action had stunned him the most.
*Smack* it came loud and hard, that was a slap I just gave him and wished that I could do more than that to this man for all the pain he has caused me.
He held out his chin trying to soothe the pain that came with the slap, his gaze filled with questions and yet he didn't seem to be furious with my action.
"How dare you! How dare you think that you can crawl up from nowhere and take away my son from me, the child you rejected, chased me away and let me suffer alone while I raised him, sometimes when I stare at you, I can't help but wonder if you are human or an animal because even an animal won't be so heartless trying to take away my child from me".
"Ciara Calm down, all this can be sorted out if you agree to go back to me, we can be one happy family and not have to worry about things like this"
"Neverinthis lifetime!"
"Then I am sorry, because I will be taking my son away from you".
"I would like to see you try!!" I yelled out at him and stormed out of there.
I contacted my lawyer as soon as I left there, and the next day, we were called upon to court for the preliminary hearing of our case.
The case started with our lawyers attorney Luke Hugo, providing the necessary evidence, first it was my lawyer who got up, presenting my nine months pregnancy journey before he began to speak.
"This is a woman who was married and yet forced to live as a single mother, she was handed a divorce document and set away with the pregnancy, is such a man capable of rising a child on his own, the answer is no".
He walks overto his table, picks up some file and handed it to the court assistant who handed over the evidence to the judge.
"This is the academic result of the three years old Herlz who has been doing pretty well in school and below is a written note from his form teacher".
The female judge who was in her late sixties stare at the evidence for a while before she lifted her head to listen to him again.
"Ms. Ciara is a very compassionate mother who is capable of caring for her son, and it will be such a shame to take away her source of joy". He rested his case before proceeding back to his seat and then Ryan's attorney got on his feet, he adjusted his gown before he began.
"Here are evidence that States that my client here Mr. Ryan Lerman was not aware that his wife Ms. Ciara was pregnant when she left the home, although he might not have been there during the first stage in the child's life because he was not given an opportunity, but he supported in every way that he could when he found out about the existence ofthis child."
"My client here took care ofthe child when she was mentally unstable...."
"Objection my lord! Her mental conditions is of no relevance to this case!" My attorney banged.
"It might not be of relevance now, but it is used as a pretext for my case". They both stare at the judge and she spoke.
"Objection overruled, you may proceed" He nodded with a smirk on his face and continued.