Ethan waiting at the curb while she looked for a shoe she had been wearing ten minutes earlier.

There were still calls about the case.

I kept the relevant information and remained available for the proceedings.

I did not turn pending charges into a secret conclusion the family already knew.

Other matters remained for the investigators and courts.

Inside the house, we were allowed to live before those matters were finished.

One evening, I took down the shelves Derek had installed in Lily’s bedroom because she wanted the furniture arranged differently.

I asked whether she wanted new shelves somewhere else.