Dawson asks.
Megan began sobbing.
The sentence struck all of us differently.
Dawson read:
If Megan cannot raise Oliver, ask Dawson.
He may say no.
Let him.
A guardian should be somebody allowed to choose the job.
Then the final line:
And do not let Ryan touch Oliver's money until he learns that being a father is not the same thing as being entitled to what belongs to his child.
Ryan turned white.
Nora looked at him.
“She wrote that before your company began failing.”
I stared.
“Why would she say it?”
Ryan answered.
“Because I asked her once whether Oliver's trust could invest in my company.”
I closed my eyes.
Of course.
“When?”
“After the DNA test.”
“Before she died?”
“Yes.”
“What did she say?”
“No.”
A complete sentence.
Pity he had not learned from it.
Nora explained that Judith's fraudulent filing had now triggered exactly the review Lena anticipated.
