Not a court ceremony — they had been to the courthouse for the legal filing and the judge had reviewed the documentation and signed the parentage order three weeks before, which had been its own moment, significant and procedural and over in eleven minutes. This was the family ceremony. The one that meant something in the other way — not legally, but actually.Diana and Richard came. Sandra had flown in from Boston, which had been her idea and which she had announced with the specific tone she used for announcements that were not negotiable. Lucy and Daniel came. Walsh came, which surprised Kristine until she thought about it and understood that Walsh had been in this story from the beginning and it was right that he be there for how it ended. Ellen came, which was right because Ellen had carried Lily through the hardest weeks and deserved to see the other side of them.They used the apartment, which was still theirs — the house in Queen Anne was under contract but the closing was two
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