Patricia sat still beside me.

“Does Gregory?”

“No.”

I looked at the distribution request.

It listed my proposed fourteen-thousand-dollar initial support allocation, with eight thousand designated for medical needs and six thousand for housing and related expenses.

Verified bills and the immediate rent payments were itemized.

The remaining designated amounts would be available under the approved support plan rather than sent to providers who hadn’t billed me.

I didn’t want fourteen thousand dollars in cash.