“You’re safe.

Nobody is taking you anywhere.

I’m here.” He was weeping without sound, clutching her fingers, and I sank down at the foot of his bed and could not stop my own tears, and I understood, watching the two of them, exactly who my father’s real family had turned out to be.

Chapter 18 — It’s Over, Maya

The next morning, Maya called an emergency meeting of the corporate board at my headquarters, and walked into it carrying herself like a woman who already owned the room and everyone in it.

I walked in behind her, with two state investigators, my forensic accountant, and my legal team.