Four Years Later...

Brittany's POV

Denied? How the fuck can a restraining order get denied?

I stare at the crumpled rejection notice in my hands, reading it for the fifth time like the words might magically change. Lorenzo broke into my home while I was working my night shift, tried to kidnap my sleeping child, and they denied my restraining order.

The paper trembles between my fingers as rage builds in my chest. I scan the reasons listed ...