Adoption Hearing Takes Dramatic Turn After Girl Breaks Her Silence
A Private Conversation
The courtroom gasped softly when the judge made his next request: he wanted to speak with Olive alone. Ana and Owen exchanged anxious glances. Olive looked stunned. This wasn’t how adoptions usually played out. But the judge had seen enough to know that a private word could reveal more than any testimony.
With quiet reassurance, Ana squeezed Olive’s hand. “Be honest,” she whispered. Owen nodded gently. And so, Olive followed the judge, uncertain but brave, into a space where, for the first time, her voice would be heard without interruption.
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