She could help organize documents, locate affordable counsel, and connect Clara with a supervising attorney.

She had not pretended she could perform miracles.

When Clara showed her the drawing, Leah studied it carefully.

“Did you ask him what it meant?”

“No.

I was too happy to see him.

He was crying.”

“Then we should not guess,” Leah said.

“Children deserve better than adults putting words in their mouths.

We can tell the attorney exactly how this came into your possession and nothing more.”

Clara nodded.

The distinction mattered.

She did not want to win by doing what Margaret had done: deciding the truth first and forcing everyone else to accept it.

That evening she put Idan’s picture inside a clean envelope.