“Control is what decides how safely you leave.”

She pushed the signed credit authorization across the glass tabletop toward me.

“Take this straight to Daniel’s assistant,” Margaret said.

“What happens to the Cape Cod house?” I asked.

“It stays in the trust until the twins are adults,” Margaret said.

“Cole spent two summers trying to get that property put in his company’s name,” I said.

“He won’t touch a single shingle on that roof,” Margaret said.

She rested both hands on her silver cane handle and looked toward the garden window.