I could regret the years I spent translating his ambition into virtue without handing him another chance to spend my regret.

In the following months I learned details I had not wanted and still needed.

A hotel ledger.

A pattern of “consulting weekends.” A junior accountant who had flagged a duplicate invoice and been told the matter was already handled.

I wrote that accountant a private note.

I did not make a speech out of her courage.

I made sure her file reflected that she had done her job when doing her job was inconvenient.

Chloe eventually cooperated with prosecutors on the invoices.