Chapters 7 - 11 Summary

Winter must develop a plan for survival, with a total of $1,400, which she has taken from her mother, and her diamond jewelry. Sterling, long-time admirer, is only too happy to give her a place to stay along with the use of his car. "Moms" is released from jail and immediately addresses the issues of retrieving the children and finding a place to stay. She is met with the Bureau of Child Welfare bureaucracy and its regulations. Unemployed and homeless, she is unable to have her children, and places herself on a waiting list for emergency housing, while she moves in with Winter's aunt.

A visit to their attorney yields additional bad news. He has retrieved $50,000 from Santiaga's safety deposit box but requires $65,000 to begin his work on their legal issues. Winter knows that Midnight is holding some of her father's money...