“You’ll have the opportunity,” she answered.

“An independent review of this competition begins Monday.

Your foundation is one of the organizations whose sponsorship arrangements are being examined.”

I stared at her.

Suddenly the dossier was no longer only about a family I had abandoned.

It was about the life I had constructed afterward, and about who had been paying the price for it.

PART 5: The Woman Across the Auditorium

I had seen Marianne seated in the opposite tier before I understood why she smiled.