What he learned, in the end, was that the truth had only been waiting for someone to build it a courtroom it could stand up in.

And once we did, it stood.

Chapter 11 — Stabilizing

Before we did anything else, before a single motion was filed, Phoebe insisted we stabilize David’s life, and she was right, because a court does not restore children to a father who is sleeping in a car, no matter how innocent he is.

I signed a lease on a three-bedroom apartment near the boys’ elementary school.

And when Phoebe asked whether we intended to hide that I was paying for it, I said no, and she nodded approvingly.