Two months later, Grace was reviewing job applications at their dining table when Max came home from work, holding a bottle of wine and wearing exactly the same expression he had when he wanted to tell me something.
"What's the event?" she asked, looking up from the stack of resumes she was reviewing for a research post at her nonprofit.
"There are two things. First, your father's case was settled today."
Grace's concentration became more focused. "How was it resolved?" "He accepted a plea agreement." Plead guilty to financial fraud charges, pay compensation to the impacted parties, and serve 18 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.
"And?"
"And the investigation is officially concluded." There will be no more interviews and no legal issues for family me
