Shelly's heart raced at his soft voice.

She never wanted her children to grow up in a single-parent household and would love for them to be loved by their father as well if that were possible.

"Shelly, if you don't want me to take our daughter away, you must move out of this apartment today," Hayden said.

He had not thought of a way to handle the situation. He knew that Shelly would have a breakdown if he took their daughter away, and he did not want to do such a thing, but he did not wish to