She accused me of choosing “a woman I’d known only a few years” over the mother who raised me.

Then the tone shifted.

“Colin, honey, I didn’t know it was serious.

You have to believe me.”

I remembered Jenna’s whispered voice on the video calls and Wesley’s exhausted cry.

A day later, an attorney’s letter arrived asking that we stop discussing allegations publicly and preserve relevant material.

I showed it to our lawyer rather than reacting.

Our lawyer, Andrea Kim, wasn’t interested in dramatic declarations.