Walden had a younger half-sibling. Their shared father was abusive, when he got a girl pregnant his younger sibling was born. Walden, did everything he could to escape his father, even if it meant abandoning his new sibling.

It had been years since that but Walden handful of times until their father and his siblings mother died in a car accident. However his half siblings wasn’t the only one to know grief.

Walden’s beloved daughter had died and then his wife divorced him. His heart turned cold and bitter in the following years. He craved with a visceral need to care for a child again, so he started to look into adoption. The state is now refusing to let Walden adopt unless he takes in his half sibling. Despite Walden saying no multiple times, the state has been relentless.

A loud knock resounded through the house. Walden crossed the room and opened the front door.

“Oh. It’s you, what do you want” his monotone voice was filled with disgust and hatei