I rested my hands on the desk.

Douglas waited until I looked up.

“This is separate from the affair,” he said.

“We need specialist counsel and a factual record.”

I knew he was right.

At that moment, all I could think was that somewhere my name had been used as if my existence were a useful inconvenience.

The access data pointed to infrastructure associated with Vanguard’s executive offices.

It did not identify the individual sitting at a keyboard.