The record of a marriage breaking apart did not have to erase every decent thing a person did.

It simply couldn’t allow the decent moments to excuse the harmful ones.

PART 10

Three weeks after the separation, Evelyn invited me to a conference with Helen Sato and a bank records specialist.

They had traced two transfers from the Ellis trust partnerships into a company called Morningstar Resource Services.

The name meant nothing to me until Helen placed a state business registration beside it.

Morningstar’s organizer was a registered agent, but the manager listed on later filings was Sandra Brandt.