But as bad as the physical pain had been during that time, it was nothing compared with the guilt that now swamped her. Without the smack to dull her thoughts and stop her from feeling, the full horror of what she’d exposed the kids to hit her. She would never forgive Mark for bringing Yates into her life, but she had to admit that he’d done the right thing in taking their children away from her. Cassie and Bobby were her life, but she’d neglected them when they had needed her the most, and she was grateful to Mark for saving them. And, as much as it still killed her to think of Ginger Jenny taking her place, she was even grateful to her, because at least the children were being looked after by somebody who cared about them and wouldn’t put them in danger like she had done.But that didn’t mean that she was going to let the bitch steal her children from her for good. It wasn’t going to be easy to convince the social workers that she was fit to have them back, but she was determined to do it.
