“Is that what you’re recording with?” Margaret asked.

“It’s my own phone, inside the sleeve,” I said.

“The lawyer told me yesterday that recording a conversation in a public outdoor place is completely legal in this state.”

I unlocked the screen and opened the voice recording app.

I pressed the round red button to start recording.

The numbers on the screen began ticking off the seconds right away.

“Testing the mic from across the room,” I said.