Jeremy was the only one left, in part due to his mother’s stubborn interference and mostly because he’d found a workaround that suited them both. Spader still billed his mother for weekly sessions, but she refunded one to Jeremy in cash each month. It was easy side income for her while she cared for her youngest, and it gave Jeremy spending money his parents couldn’t track. This was earlier than Jeremy usually collected it, but she had agreed to have it ready for him.

