“Dr.

Evans will go over her symptoms, we’ll get her back on a normal routine, and we can put all this stress behind us.”

I looked down at the pale yellow tea in my mug and felt the tight knot in my stomach start to loosen.

If Julian was taking Chloe to Dr.

Evans on Monday, then the emergency court inspection on Tuesday would just confirm whatever the doctor found.

Maybe the crushing weight of his private debts had simply pushed him into a wild, irrational fog over the past month.