Section Four gave us joint legal custody, with both parents having an equal say in Sophie’s medical care and schooling.

It sounded fair, generous and meant to bring peace to a family torn up by litigation.

Grant was counting on my exhaustion, my thin savings, and my wish to shield Sophie from a hostile courtroom battle.

He figured I would skim the big money promises and flip straight to the signature line on page twenty-two.

I didn’t flip to the back.

I read every line, sentence by sentence, using the audit method I’d practiced for seven years at the compliance firm.