She asked, in a careful and gentle voice, whether I could come in to the facility the next day.

She said there was a matter concerning Nora that she needed to discuss with me in person.

I remember the cold feeling that came over me, the certainty that I was about to be confronted, that Arthur had discovered the unbilled visits or decided to make trouble, that the lie was finally coming due.

I almost did not go.

I am so grateful, now, that I did.

Chapter 9 — She Knew You Weren’t Her Son