If the court decided Arthur’s estate belonged elsewhere, the work could continue.

His legacy was no longer trapped inside the suitcase, and for the first time I felt able to imagine a future without obsessing over how the dispute would end.

PART 14

Richard called me in June.

I recognized his name on the screen and nearly let it go to voicemail, then answered because I could hear Arthur telling me not to be a coward.

“Julian,” he said.