No disappearing.

No secret rescheduling around Mia.

No treating either child as something fitted into leftover time.

PART 48 — TWO CHILDREN, ONE CALENDAR

Eventually Spencer had a formal parenting schedule for Mia and a separate one for Elliot.

Then his attorneys, Vanessa, and Chloe worked toward coordination where appropriate.

Not because the mothers became best friends.

Because siblings sharing a father would eventually know each other.

Adults could either make that relationship impossible or approach it carefully.