Curious which way people would have gone with the moral dilemma at the end.
Personally I think it's a tough call, but depends on the timing. If the case had still been open then I would have returned the child to her mother, but at the time he makes the decision I think I would have let it go. Her loss has already been accepted and mourned, and she would have a better life - returning her at that point just seemed kind of unnecessary.
How about you?
"...returning her at that point just seemed kind of unnecessary."
Yeah, all that paperwork...
I meant she had already mourned the loss of her daughter and moved on, and the damage of losing her had already been done. She's selfish anyway, and would now be free to live her life child-free with no obligations. If she had still been distraught and actively looking for her daughter, believing she was still alive etc then it would be different, but at that time she had closure. Returning the child just opens all those wounds back up. For me it's the difference-maker in what is a difficult moral quandary. Everyone has a better life that way.
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