The Fiancée pours an entire pitcher of ice water over four-year-old Ilaria, leaving her soaked and violently trembling in her wheelchair.
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Chapter 23 - THE CARE REVIEW
Before my second wedding, Meridian required another household review.
I almost resented it.
Then remembered.
Good.
Camille interviewed separately.
Ilaria separately.
Me separately.
No coached language.
Evaluator asked Ilaria:
“Who is Cam?”
“Dad’s girlfriend.”
“Fiancée,” Ilaria corrected herself dramatically.
“Does she help you?”
“Yes.”
“With what?”
“Sometimes shoes. She’s bad at hair.”
Camille later agreed.
“Do you call her Mom?”
“No.”
“Does she ask you to?”
“No.”
“Would anything bad happen if you never did?”
“No.”
There.
The most beautiful answer in the entire report.
No.
Meridian approved no paid caregiver arrangement because none was needed.
Camille did not apply.
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Our marriage changed nothing about Ilaria’s trust administration.
Exactly as it should.
