The Pinecrest Manor newsletter is already running a feature on your father’s upcoming charity gala.

We can’t have sheriff’s deputies wandering around the neighborhood over a nursery squabble.”

Brenda reached into her designer shoulder bag and slapped a stapled legal draft down on the glass table between us.

“Sign the liability waiver,” Brenda said.

“It says Toby tripped over the rug while he was playing and that our family is paying the medical costs privately.

You sign it right now, or Chloe’s attorney will file a defamation counterclaim before sunset.”