Something colder than heartbreak was already setting up in me by then, and the pictures only gave it a shape.

Chapter 11 — The Trust Drafted Early

“There’s a document I need you to see,” Adeline said, and something in how she said it made me set down my tea.

“We found a private family trust,” she went on, “established for Micah.

It was drafted and executed two full months before he was born.”

“A trust for my son isn’t a bad thing on its face,” I said.

“No.