Victoria looked up, her brow pulling into tight lines.

“A rental house on Oak Street?”

“The trust will pay the security deposit and the first six months of rent,” I said, keeping my words flat and direct.

“After that, Chloe’s yard wage and a small monthly trust stipend will cover the eleven hundred dollars.”

“You’re putting me in a rental in town,” she said, her voice trembling slightly.

“I could enforce the personal indemnity clauses on Brandon’s default and seize your remaining bank accounts,” I said.

“I could take everything you have left, Victoria, but that isn’t who Walter raised me to be.”