I wrote back: We fly into O’Hare tomorrow afternoon.

Julian thinks he’s getting Jim to sign the final papers at breakfast.

Her answer steadied me more than anything had since Lily first tugged my dress:

Good.

Let him think that.

Signed papers in his own hand only make our case stronger, and nothing Jim signs under coercion will hold up once we establish the coercion.

Here’s what happens next.

You get on that plane and you keep everyone calm and ordinary.