He never gave it to you.”

I was silent for a long while.

The romantic betrayal I had feared was not there.

Something more complicated and no less painful was.

PART 10

Joanna did not try to defend everything her brother had done.

She told me she had believed the settlement account was jointly managed, with my informed consent.

Colton sent her invoices, and she processed reimbursements for rides, aides, equipment, and household modifications.