I gained it.

That, more than any number on a deed, told me I had made the right choice, because your body knows the truth about your life long before your mind will admit it, and my body slept like the dead the night I chose my daughter over an estate.

Chapter 6 — The Call

Luca called the next day, and I answered on speakerphone, so that Phoebe and Evelyn could both hear every word.

“Hey, babe!” His voice was loud and slick and backed by the sound of ocean waves and poolside music.