At first, the omission seemed so obvious that I wondered whether a page was missing.

Dana confirmed that it wasn’t.

“He says the boy needs time with his father,” she said.

“So does Harper.”

“Yes.”

I stared at the words until they stopped looking like a plan and began to resemble the same conversation we had already had beside the bassinets.

I could have answered with anger.

Instead, I asked what information the court needed.