Emily’s POV

The London judge actually signed the order.

For the six-month period before the final custody hearing, Charlotte was granted co-parenting access. And because the court wanted "domestic stabilization" for Julian, she was allowed to live on the Greenwich estate grounds in the secondary guest house until the trial.

The twelve-hour flight back to New York was filled with a heavy, suffocating silence.

By the time our armored Suburbans pulled through the iron gates of Greenwich on Tuesday evening, the sun was sinking behind the trees, painting the sky in a dark, bruised purple.

We barely stepped through the front doors of the main mansion before a silver sports...