Mrs.

Gable brought Sophie over to my table and handed me Sophie’s gray stuffed rabbit.

Sophie threw her arms around my waist and buried her face in the cloth of my plain blue dress.

“Can we go now, Mommy?” Sophie whispered.

“Yes, sweetie,” I said, picking up her pink coat from the empty chair.

“We’re all finished.”

We walked out through the heavy double doors into the wide marble hallway of the courthouse.

Grant came out of the courtroom three steps behind us, his charcoal suit jacket unbuttoned and his tie loosened at the collar.