And change the security codes to the estate gates.” Evelyn nodded, already reaching for her phone, her jaw set.

And then Arthur turned back to me, and his steel eyes softened, into something I had not expected and was not sure I had ever received from anyone in that family: deep respect, and a profound, aching shame for what his eldest son had done.

“Nora, my dear,” he said gently.

“You are staying right here, in the master guest suite.

Tonight, and for as long as you need.