That mattered.

Fiona tested the bed with both hands, declared it acceptable, and asked whether Button could look out the window.

Blaire stood behind her and watched a river move like a thought that did not need an audience.

The week became two because the court calendar, not Luca, asked for it.

Blaire worked from a borrowed desk on applications and on the foundation file Rachel had mentioned only as an option: a program for mothers who had been locked out of more than houses.

Blaire did not take a title at first.