fill.
Nothing about our situation was suddenly fixed.
Two years couldn’t be returned.
Trust wouldn’t be rebuilt in one afternoon.
But for the first time, Poppy was being held by her father.
Celeste watched from across the kitchen.
“You think this is finished?”
Margaret closed the folder.
“Not remotely.”
She turned toward Celeste.
“The board has voted to suspend your control over Vale Foundation assets while the investigation continues.”
Celeste looked at Adrian.
“You’re really allowing them to do this to your own mother?”
He held Poppy a little closer.
