Ethan smiled at her.

He reached over and laid his hand on her knee.

“Look, she’s been working so hard on all of this,” Ethan said.

“Let her have her secrets.”

My fingers went to my collarbone.

“We just want to be sure our extended family gets taken care of,” I said.

“The Carters are a big family.”

“It’s all handled,” Vanessa said.