Israel was just a year old and didn’t want to sit still for more than a few minutes at a time. Inside, I felt just as restless. Just as unsettled. The closer we got to home, the worse I felt. A few months earlier we’d finally received a partial copy of the infamous contract that Chad had mentioned. Not the whole contract, but a few excerpts—including a clause that stated I had to reveal to the network if I discovered I was pregnant, as well as the final page that had mine and my siblings’ signatures inked in. That signature page was instantly familiar, especially when I read the date that I’d
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