“I’m afraid not.”
“You should make one,” he said. “I’d frame it.”
Even Nixx laughed at that.
“I want both of them considered,” I told her. “If something happened to me, they’re the people Millie knows. They’re the ones she expects to come home to.”
“Tell me what her daily life looks like,” Ms. Salazar said.
I told her about Saturday art classes and the homeschool lessons that somehow migrated from the kitchen to every other room. I told her Nixx knew when Millie needed reassurance and Benny knew when she was pretending not to be tired. My throat tightened when I realized I was describing an ordinary family life I had once been afraid she’d never have.
“Then we can document your wishes carefully,” Ms. Salazar said. “We also need to review the legal status of Millie’s biological father
