But they showed that important things could be protected through careful decisions, clear records, and people whose help didn’t require surrendering control.

I closed the binder.

Then took out Sarah’s photograph.

She was standing beside the porch swing wearing an old green sweater.

Her hair blew across her face.

She looked annoyed at whoever held the camera.

Probably me.

I smiled.

Sarah hadn’t been rich.

She’d worked hard.