“That’s my best suit.”

“I’ll clean it,” Clara said automatically, then caught herself.

Both women laughed harder than the joke deserved.

It was the kind of laughter that comes when people finally understand how far they have traveled.

PART 24

Adam’s changes were less visible than a court ruling.

He began arriving home before Idan’s bedtime twice each week.

He learned which school assignments were difficult, which friends had moved away, and why his son refused to eat carrots unless they were cooked with honey.