If we move, he’ll know.

And your time with him will still be planned carefully.”

She sighed. “Okay.”

I knew she had wanted me to say the right building could solve everything.

I couldn’t offer that.

What I could offer was a place where she could leave her astronomy books on a shelf and not wonder what the adults were hiding.

The settlement took additional meetings to finish, and a court reviewed the agreed terms.

It recognized my interest in the funds Derek had improperly used and established a way to restore financial provision for Grace.