I also wanted to make regular visits to the farmhouse, not because I was in crisis but because we were family.

‘We’d like that,’ he said.

I finally asked him about the night he had called my father at Whitney’s party.

Did he regret putting the call on speaker?

Richard considered the question.

He said he regretted that the conversation had become public before I had chosen whether I wanted anyone else involved.

He had been angry, and although he had meant to defend me, he understood that he should have asked what I wanted whenever possible.

I appreciated his answer more than a declaration that he would do the same thing again.