For the first time in months, I held something without wondering how to preserve it as evidence.

PART 8 — What the Courts Decided

Lily’s arrival did not end the cases.

That was something we had to learn while learning everything else: how to settle a newborn, how to recognize Hannah’s exhaustion, how to make a telephone appointment with a lawyer while someone needed feeding.

The wider financial proceedings continued after the birth.

Claims had to be identified.

Records had to be authenticated.