That mattered to me.

I was not going to swap dependence on my son, whom I had lost, for dependence on a family fortune I did not understand.

The next day, Evelyn called with news.

Warren had challenged certain provisions in David’s estate plan.

In response, the court had scheduled a hearing.

She sounded tired but determined.

“He thinks I want to take the whole family apart,” she said.

“I only want to keep what David and I built together, and to be left in peace.”