I Came Home Three Days After Giving Birth and Found 22 Relatives Living in My House. Then I Learned My Husband Had Planned Something Much Worse.

Bailey and Sherry Bailey.

Minor child:

Grace Elizabeth Bailey.

My hands started shaking.

The petition had not been filed.

But much of it was already completed.

One section claimed the mother suffered from “severe postpartum instability.”

Another stated the father had “expressed concerns regarding maternal capacity.”

I stopped breathing.

The front door opened downstairs.

Caleb.

I stepped into the hallway holding the papers.

He came upstairs carrying a pharmacy bag.

He saw my face.

Then the folder.

The bag fell from his hand.

Bottles struck the floor.

I whispered, “What