That's Illegal

"That sort of fear never fully leaves kids with divorced parents," Avery said lamely. 

Vanessa huffed. "Your mom is trash and someone ought to tell her so. Even better, someone ought to ruin her political career by bringing up the fact that she walked out on her kid and never looked back. That would set her right."

"Who would believe it, Ness? I don't want to get involved in her drama."

She really didn't. Her mother was so insignificant in her life that she hardly ever thought about the woman. Things like this had only been popping up in her head lately because she was stressed about getting married. She was sure her dad hadn't thought he would get left behind when it happened to him but she was already expecting it because of the whole Nox thing.