Esther is the district court judge of district 9, nominated by the president, and she is damned proud of that title.

She was qualified with her decades of experience, objectivity and loyalty to the law, but she has one major regret as she looks back on those early years as a struggling lawyer.

But what choice did she have? A one night stand that turned into the night that changed her life forever.

She couldn’t take care of someone else when she could barely remember to eat after 14 hour days day in and day out.

She had one goal, and no one and nothing was going to get in the way of that.

It was a closed adoption, and the existence of her son was something she had to put out of her mind each fall on his birthday, each holiday season when she instinctively stared at the mall Santas with little kids on their laps, each graduation announcement every spring that arrived in her mailboxes from friend’s kids off on their next adventure.

With the terminal cancer diagnosis, Esther knows this is her last chance to try to connect. The private detective she hired is coming to give her the results of his search this afternoon. She can’t help but be optimistically excited.

What did his parents name him?

Did he have a good childhood?

Did he marry, have kids?

Was he happy?

Would he want to meet her?

It was almost too much to bear, but she had come this far. She has to know.

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