“She left you a way to remember.”

From upstairs came a crash, followed by laughter.

Mason had apparently knocked over a tower of books.

Kenneth started toward the stairs, then stopped and smiled when he heard Owen telling his brother to be more careful.

The mansion, the money, and the years of illness would always be part of the boys’ story.

So would the people who failed them, and the people who tried to make things right.

But they were not the whole story.