She Lit the First Candle at My Father’s Memorial. Then the Chaplain Opened His Final Visitor Log.

He was a quiet man, but when Margaret’s attorney implied my father had been incompetent, Daniel smiled in a way that made me grateful he was on my side.

Within two months, Evan’s company folded.

Within three, he moved out of our Richmond house.

Within four, the divorce filings became public enough t