Maya wanted the schedule written down.

She did not want Lily collected unexpectedly from preschool, private promises changed by a phone call, or expenses used as a reason to demand her bank login.

“I am not asking you to disappear,” she told him.

“I’m asking us to stop making decisions about her through arguments.”

Richard read the financial boundary section twice.

“And the account?”

“It stays separate.”

“Lily is my daughter too.”