No lawyer announced that everything had been fixed in a single afternoon.

Years of neglect had left an administrative mess, and correcting it would require patient work.

Still, for the first time, Brian appeared to be making a choice without expecting somebody to praise him for it.

I did not tell the boys to be grateful.

They had spent enough of their childhood being asked to accept less than they deserved.

<strong>PART 10</strong>

The next complication arrived through Carla.