practical matter, yes.”
“Without discussing it with either of us?”
Ashley raised her chin.
“Someone has to plan for what’s coming.”
I turned toward her.
“And apparently, that someone is you?”
She didn’t answer.
I faced Ethan again.
“Did you really tell your mother she had to leave?”
His confidence faltered.
“I told her to step outside and calm down.”
“Ethan, she was standing beyond the locked gate with her medication and groceries. You had changed the code so she couldn’t enter.”
He looked away.
No apology.
No explanation.
Just
