The court date was getting closer every day. I felt like I was living with a heavy stone in my chest. During the day I tried to be the strong CEO, making decisions for TechEdge and fighting the negative stories in the media. At night I was just a mother who was scared of losing her children.
Ethan was coming over almost every evening now. The triplets had gotten used to having him around. They waited for him after school and asked him to play games or read stories. Watching them laugh together made me happy in a way I hadn’t felt in a long time, but it also made me worried. What if everything fell apart again and they got hurt?
One evening after the kids were asleep, Ethan and I sat on the couch talking quietly.
“I’ve changed my will and the company papers,” he told me. “The kids are fu
