For ten years you hid in the light while my daughter lay hidden in the dark.

Tonight, Mr.

Vance, that is finished.

Tonight everyone finally knows exactly who you are, and exactly who she was.” Julian Vance opened his mouth, and nothing came out.

Beside him on the terrace, his wife had gone rigid with horror, and I watched her pull her hand out of his and step away from him, staring at her husband as though she had never seen him before.

I have thought about that woman since, Julian Vance’s wife, more than I expected to.