Collins’s intake notes out of the public court filing.

It stays a private family dispute instead of a child welfare investigation.”

I looked down at the typed deed lying on his leather folder.

The blue notary seal at the bottom was still wet and fresh.

“The four-bedroom house,” I said.

“It gives you and Grace complete long-term stability,” Daniel said, his pen tapping three sharp beats against his gold watch.

“You stay in the neighborhood.