I did not acquire it by considering guardianship.

It could support Leo according to its terms.

It was not compensation for my grief, proof that I should take him in, or a way to finance unrelated household debts without regard to the rules.

I read the documents twice with advice available.

The second reading was easier, though not because I liked every answer.

I had spent much of Simon’s illness believing information was the thing that allowed me to prevent disaster.

Now I was learning that accurate information sometimes told me what I could not prevent or promise.