So for once I put the human answer first, out loud, in front of the lawyers, and let the paperwork catch up to it later.

Christopher was my son.

Everything else was administration.

Chapter 12 — What Happens When He Comes Home

After Damian and the lawyers left, Rosalie watched me with a careful, guarded expression.

“What actually happens,” she asked quietly, “when Christopher is healthy enough to come home?”

“I stay fully involved,” I answered, without a second’s hesitation.

“In every part of his life.”