Spencer Lord

With no access to her kids, and the child custody evaluation Frank ordered looming over her, Abby throws herself into her work. Their newest client is Jessie, the primary parent of a neurodiverse teenager. Jessie claims her ex-husband is harassing her. He hacked into her email and told all her contacts she had gonorrhoea, posted a BDSM ad with her face and contact information, and even slashed her tires so she’d be late picking up her son. Jessie’s at the end of her rope. But Jessie’s ex insists he’s innocent of all of it — and accuses Jessie of doing it to herself to discredit him. Abby and Daniel are forced to ask: could Jessie be doing these things herself to stay in control of her son’s life? Meanwhile, Daniel is smitten with an older woman, until he discovers she’s a former… acquaintance of Harry’s. And sparks fly when Jessie’s case throws Abby into the path of Aidan, a handsome – and younger – firefighter.

Abby and Daniel represent Drew, a forty-year-old man whose parents want to evict him from their basement. The case seems like a non-starter, but when Abby finds out the parents’ lawyer is Frank, she’s determined to win. With Lucy’s help, they build a case that Drew’s extremely nurturing parents have loved him into permanent dependency, and that he can’t possibly live on his own. As they work on the case, all three siblings are forced to consider the ways they have—and haven’t—grown up. Meanwhile, Harry loses a client to his rival because Daniel’s statements to the press have her convinced Harry’s firm is all collaboration and no bite. And Abby’s first date with Aidan gets off to an awkward start—until Abby has an unexpected burst of honesty.