On Monday morning I retained a top family law firm.

Not to sue Grayson for millions — I had not gone there for money and I was not going to start now.

I retained them to build permanent legal protections around my children, so that whatever came next, came through a structure that put them first.

The court-ordered paternity test was done three weeks later.

The result was not in any doubt, and it came back as certain as these things come: ninety-nine point nine-nine percent.

When the certified report reached Grayson’s office, I heard later that he sat at his desk for over an hour without turning on his computer.