The Wages of Sin (2016)
““So you got a good foster care placement for her?”
“Yeah, pretty good, actually. A young couple with a baby, Holly and Dale Hickman. I think they’re taking in a foster child so the mom can afford to stay home with the infant. But she’s nice; he has steady employment; and they have a stable home life. And it keeps Ivy in her same grade school.”
Tina fell silent, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel as she drove down a residential street. Elsie was reassured by Tina’s words. She ha...d a high opinion of Tina Peroni and considered her a friend. Tina was dedicated and savvy; and despite twenty years in social work, had not succumbed to burnout. They had worked as a team on many cases involving child victims, most recently the Kris Taney case—a father who’d abused his daughters, and was currently serving a life sentence for rape as a result of their efforts.
Elsie glanced over at Tina. “So that’s good, right?MoreLess
“Yeah, pretty good, actually. A young couple with a baby, Holly and Dale Hickman. I think they’re taking in a foster child so the mom can afford to stay home with the infant. But she’s nice; he has steady employment; and they have a stable home life. And it keeps Ivy in her same grade school.”
Tina fell silent, drumming her fingers on the steering wheel as she drove down a residential street. Elsie was reassured by Tina’s words. She ha...d a high opinion of Tina Peroni and considered her a friend. Tina was dedicated and savvy; and despite twenty years in social work, had not succumbed to burnout. They had worked as a team on many cases involving child victims, most recently the Kris Taney case—a father who’d abused his daughters, and was currently serving a life sentence for rape as a result of their efforts.
Elsie glanced over at Tina. “So that’s good, right?MoreLess
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