She advised me to document the message and have building security confirm that no one unfamiliar had access to our apartment.

For years I had assumed money kept danger outside the gate.

Now I was learning that the gate had never mattered when the people inside it were the ones who made a child feel unwanted.

PART 7

Camilla agreed to meet me on the twenty-ninth, four days after Christmas, in a small conference room at her attorney’s office.

She requested that neither of my parents know the location.

She also asked that we not discuss Chloe’s future in terms of winning or losing.