Claims, recoveries, and the disposition of assets were handled under court supervision.

For weeks, the Vance name remained in headlines.

Then the reporters began covering other things.

At the hospital, we were still measuring Hannah’s progress by whether she could walk a little farther down the corridor and return without being exhausted.

One morning she reached the window at the end of the hall.

Outside, a bus stopped to let two passengers off.

Hannah turned away from the glass.