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Casey Dietz's life is a rhythm he knows by muscle memory-bass lines, late-night gigs, and caring for his younger brother, Matthew. When Michelle Jones is rushed into surgery and dies after delivering their daughter, Casey is left with a tiny, perfect stranger and an impossible question: can he be both grieving father and fit parent? The hospital moves the newborn to the NICU, DNA confirms paternity, and within days Michelle's mother launches a custody challenge that threatens to take the child from him. Thrown into hospital training rooms and arbitration hearings, Casey fumbles through diaper blowouts, late-night feedings, and legal forms while a chorus of well-meaning friends, nurses, and his pastor rally behind him. As he learns to parent-sometimes hilariously, sometimes heartbreakingly-he must prove that love, community, and perseverance can amount to a home for a daughter her mother never gets to raise. The question that haunts every step remains: will the law side with blood and the past, or with the father who shows up every day?

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Professionally, having bussed tables, washed dishes, cleaned toilets, operated robots, worked in HR, served in the National Guard, and worked in hospital management, Anthony has seen the best of people. And the worst. He prefers the best. And the hope they carry. Anthony lives in western North Carolina with his wife. His daughter and grandkids live too far away, and his neighbors live too close.

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