The grocery deliveries.
The birthday presents.
The gentle words.
The promises.
All of it.
Finally, the prosecutor asked Daniel whether Grant had understood what was happening that night.
Daniel hesitated.
Then he nodded.
“Yes.”
“What did he do?”
“He tried to protect his children.”
Those six words broke me.
For five years, the official report had portrayed Grant as a reckless father who endangered his sons.
But the truth was the opposite.
My husband had died trying to save them.
The jury ultimately convicted Miles on the major charges brought against him.
He received a sentence that ensured he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
Other defendants faced separate convictions or proceedings.
The financial investigation continued.
Some assets were recovered.
Others remained disputed.
But by then, the money meant almost nothing to me.
There was no amount large enough to purchase one more afternoon with Nathan.
No settlement that could bring Oliver home.
