"You want to sue Ivan for defamation, punitive damages, and even more alimony because he sent Mikaela a new computer with a video message on it explaining why he can't see her, and thereby forcing you to explain why you forced sleeping pills down your own daughter's throat?" asked Ruth, staring at Annette with open disgust.
"Don't you get it? That man sent his new harem of floozies to deliver a computer that contained a video message which threw my own harrowing escape from him into a suspicious light! It has taken nearly two weeks of me sucking up to Mikaela's every bratty whim to finally get back some normalcy!" shouted Annette.
Ruth looked at Annette with a mixture of pity and resignation.
"Mikaela's ten years old now. She's old enough to testify. If we bring any further charges on Ivan, she can be put on the stand. Do you really want to do that?" she asked.
Annette took deep breaths, and let what Ruth was saying sink in.
"What are my options then?" she finally asked.
