Emilee I was late collecting Aidan from Paige. My mother had a lot to say to me. She wouldn't take no for an answer, and to top it off, she brought my cousin with her. For some reason, he saw fit to manhandle me. Pric.k! I was surprised to see her. I wasn't surprised by what she wanted from me. And that was to give my son to her. As if! “I can give him a wonderful life, Emilee,” She said from across the table of the restaurant she'd dragged me to. Thomson's is a small restaurant in town, and I've visited it often since moving here. The owner, Barrett Thomson, has been wonderful to me, especially when I first moved here and didn't have much. He would let me eat there for free because he said a pregnant woman having a hard time of things needed a little looking after. He's a good guy a