“Both things can be true.”

She looked relieved, as if knowing that settled the matter.

Then she asked whether she could make pancakes for supper.

I told her pancakes were a perfectly respectable supper, and together we used the last of the milk.

A week later, I met with an independent estate lawyer through a referral from the legal aid clinic.

She reviewed the documents Arthur had arranged and explained what they did and did not provide.

His proposed education trust named an independent professional trustee and did not require Harper to visit anyone.