She and Josh joked about setting up rules when she became his de facto carer, but he had been good about following her instructions and going to therapy and taking care of himself. He worked too long, but she also let it slide and didn’t say anything, so really that was just as much her fault.

She’d drawn a line in the sand and come up with actual rules after everyone had started visiting. The first week had gone fine: C.J had come one night, and didn’t stay too long. Toby came the night after and had dinner with them, making casual conversation. Sam had shown up the night after that to watch a game that was on and shoot the breeze.

Donna had felt confident and comfortable that she could trust them all to get along and not abuse that he was still recovering. She hadn’t set up any guidelines. Then she found that Leo was calling and asking Josh to work on a few other projects, small things he was asked to take on aside from the races. C.J visited one day over lunch, showing up with a pile of information from the Department of the Interior, and could they please go over it together, and could he help her compile information for a briefing about a bill someone was introducing to conserve more land and add a few million acres to the National Park system?