“…and the emergency hearing for custody is set for next week,” Alyssa explained triumphantly. "Until then, the children stay wherever they are residing. No one can take them from there."
Nikita breathed a sigh of relief. Joel couldn't just swoop in and take her kids from her. Kyle gave her hand a reassuring squeeze under the table. He knew that Nikita couldn't live without her girls. And he didn't want Mia anywhere near Joel. She was terrified of the man.
They were all sitting in the conference room on the top floor of Rising Phoenix Inc headquarters.
Nikita was sitting on Kyle’s right. Xavier sat at the head of the table, presiding over the meeting. Chris was sitting a few seats away from Niki and talking in an undertone to Brad. Nikita noted the easy camaraderie between all of them
