Katie lay down every night, congratulating herself on keeping all the balls in the air for another day. Her maids, her daughter, her friends, her yard, and Theo. It was exhausting compartmentalizing everything, but it was a skill she’d learned a long time ago that had helped her from becoming overwhelmed if someone happened to call when she wasn’t expecting it.
Of course, those phone calls were usually from the fourth district court in Kansas, and she’d been justified in breaking down, changing into sweats, and staring at the TV for hours on end.
Theo’s workload increased, and she saw him a couple of times a week for lunch, and almost every Sunday. October turned the weather a bit cooler, and as the month faded into November, Katie started to make Thanksgiving plans. She normally hosted
