The dark storm of legal battles began immediately in the central county family courthouse during next morning.
Mark sat at the long wooden plaintiff desk alongside his expert divorce lawyer in the bright courtroom hall.
Across the room, Sarah sat dressed in dark prison jumpsuit alongside a public defender appointed by court.
The stern judge looked down from the high wooden bench over her thick round glasses at the documents.
Judge: This is the most shocking case I saw.
Lawyer: Your Honor, we request full sole custody instantly.
Judge: The defendant will remain in custody without bail.
Sarah wept silently into her chained hands as the judge signed the immediate emergency legal protective orders.
The judge stripped Sarah of all her parental rights toward both Lilly and Toby without any further delay.
She also signed an immediate order freezing the entire trust fund estate until a full investigation finished.
The police investigation quickly revealed that the estate lawyer had been working alongside Sarah in secret scam.
They had planned to divide the multi-million dollar inheritance settlement between themselves once the estate closed down.
The lawyer was arrested at his downtown corporate office that afternoon and placed under heavy felony charges.
Mark walked out of the heavy courthouse doors into the bright warm sunshine feeling absolute freedom and peace.
He drove straight to the children's hospital where Toby was receiving full medical checkups from top doctors.
The doctors confirmed that Toby was thin but overall healthy and would make a complete full recovery.
Mark walked into the quiet hospital room carrying a giant brand new brown soft plush teddy bear.
Toby was sitting up in the comfortable white hospital bed alongside his sister Lilly who was reading books.
Toby: Daddy! Look, I have soft white pillows!
Mark smiled warmly as tears of joy filled his happy eyes while walking toward the bright bed.
Mark: You will always have soft pillows now, son.
He placed the giant new teddy bear right beside Toby, who wrapped his small arms around it happily.
Lilly giggled softly and hugged her brother tightly while Mark sat on the edge of the bed.
Lilly: Can we go get ice cream today, Daddy?
Mark: We can get all the ice cream you want.
Toby looked up at his father with clear bright eyes that were no longer filled with dark fear.
Toby: Are we going home together now, Daddy?
Mark: Yes, Toby. We are going home right now.