It was also more specific than anything she had said before.

“Did you sign my name on the school form?” I asked.

“I told Chloe what the form needed to say,” Eleanor replied.

“I did not personally write the signature.”

Grace stopped the conversation there and explained that any further factual admissions needed to be handled through the proper process.

Eleanor looked startled, as if she had expected an emotional apology to resolve everything.

Before leaving, she said she missed Noah.