Assets improperly pledged had to be restored or replaced under an approved plan, and the trust’s governance was changed to include stronger safeguards.

My daughters’ potential interests would be administered according to the trust documents rather than Malcolm’s personal wishes.

Nobody handed me an extravagant check.

Their future was simply less vulnerable to an elder’s temper than it had been before.

My authorship dispute was resolved as well, and I used part of the settlement to start a modest scholarship for young designers who had stepped away from school to care for relatives.

I did not name it for myself.