“You won’t make promises about expensive summer trips or helicopter rides unless you’ve already cleared them with me two weeks ahead.”

“I understand,” Ethan said.

“You’ll meet them on their terms in Colorado Springs,” I said.

“At their school, at their soccer fields, and at our kitchen table.

Not in luxury suites in Aspen.”

“Whatever schedule you set, I’ll follow it,” Ethan said.

“I spoke to my father two hours ago.

I handed my management duties for the estate foundation over to my mother.”