“No,” I said.

“It isn’t.”

She put the receipt down and tapped her pen on the desk.

“An emergency ex parte motion needs airtight proof of deliberate abandonment,” she said.

“Not just that she left.

That she intended to leave them alone.”

I took out the pile of papers I’d brought from Delaney’s kitchen counter, including a sealed envelope from the health insurance company.

Chloe spotted the envelope.