“There was no oncoming truck,” Marisol said.

“There was a curb, a signpost, and a twelve-year-old in the passenger seat.”

The judge wrote for a moment.

Then he looked up, and his voice changed.

“I am striking the temporary restraining order.

It was granted on a statement this court now knows to be false.

The father’s medical authority is suspended as of this minute.”

“Your Honor,” Charles said, “my daughter needs continuity.”