“I want to know why Emily was told she caused a problem by existing.”

Her hand settled over the paper.

“Not every family matter belongs in your hands.”

I took my copy back without arguing over it.

I had no original she could destroy or keep.

Daniel had urged me to work from copies, and I was beginning to understand why that small precaution mattered.

My attorney’s first appointment gave the documents separate homes.

She put the medical record and safeguarding information together.