Two sentences in it are about me and they are not complimentary, and I have them close to memorized.

Ms.

Vance is a capable and attentive parent whose focus during the pendency of this action has been substantially absorbed by the litigation.

The children, particularly the older child, appear to have organized their behaviour around not adding to her burden.

I read that in a car in a parking lot and then went back into a courthouse.

Leo found me at the kitchen table one night in the following spring at about eleven, with three boxes of financial exhibits open in front of me, and he put a glass of water down next to my hand.

He said, “You can keep going tomorrow.”