“Ambition doesn’t pay the treatment invoices, Hannah,” he said.

“We have to deal in facts.”

Linda took the silver pen from him and signed her name on the second line.

She didn’t hesitate or look up.

Ms.

Davis slid the paperwork back across the blotter to her side of the desk.

She reviewed the two signatures in silence.

“The state will file this with the family court tomorrow morning,” Ms.