As we were about to board our flight, my stepmother suddenly breached the airport security checkpoint and tried to ki:dnap my baby right out of my arms.

until her arraignment the next morning.

“She has been asking for your hotel,” Martinez said. “We did not provide it.”

My skin prickled. “Did she seem calmer?”

“No,” Martinez said. “She seemed convinced she was wronged.”

That was Patricia. Even handcuffed, even after terrifying a baby in an airport, she still believed she was the injured party.

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