at me.
“They pushed too hard.”
I nodded.
“And now?”
He gave the smallest smile.
“Now we finish it.”
The ruling came two weeks later.
No warning.
No dramatic buildup.
Just a call from Jonathan early in the morning, his voice calm in the way it only becomes when the outcome is already certain.
“They denied the guardianship.”
I sat at the small kitchen table, staring continue reading …