“If you like.”

“What goes in the other one?”

“We haven’t decided.”

She looked surprised that a drawer could remain undecided without anybody finding it wasteful.

In the kitchen, I put the completed legal papers where I could reach them.

Walter’s envelope went with Emily’s family keepsakes, separately from the orders and the accounting.

The copies were protected, and the appropriate originals stayed with the people responsible for the record.

I didn’t need to keep the estate folder on the counter every day to show I was taking her future seriously.