“I’ve been leaving it for a while.”

“The house is still Lily’s home.”

I set the box in the truck.

“It was.

What it means to her now isn’t something you or I can decide by saying it.”

Taylor looked toward the garage, then away.

She said Evelyn’s lawyer would contest the temporary restrictions and claim I was using the incident to punish the family.

“I’ll answer through Ruth,” I said.