Lorna and I sat together in the penthouse kitchen waiting for the men to return from what she called the bat cave. After we all ate—together for a change—the three of them disappeared. Other than Patrick who was with me the rest of the day, I had the feeling that Sterling and Reid had been working on this since he and my mother left my office.

“I feel like there’s hope,” I said, sipping a glass of wine—the sweet stuff that Sterling disliked.

Lorna ...