That is evidence of a strong support system.

The court should be far more concerned by a parent who has no one, than by one who, at his lowest point, has a father willing to stand behind him.” And she let it sit there, and the judge made a small note, and Selina’s counsel had gained nothing.

Chapter 18 — Context Matters

Then Phoebe began, methodically, to lay the paper on the table.

She introduced the visitation reports, and she did it with a quiet theatrical genius I have never forgotten.

First she read aloud, in full, the reports written by Selina’s mother — the portrait of a menacing, volatile, controlling man.