Ivy wrinkled her nose. "Ew," she said. "As if. No way my mom would hurt me, or my dad. No matter how bad I am."

Bradley Spitzer leapt to mind suddenly and she frowned, worried. "They wouldn't go send me to live with my biohazard, would they? He's not my dad anymore, the court gave Dad all those rights. That means I don't have to go live with him, right?"