Marilyn called the following morning before I had decided whether to contact her.

“Colleen, Dennis says you’re having some sort of breakdown.”

Her voice was bright, casual, pitched as though we were discussing an unpleasant cold.

“I’m not having a breakdown.”

“He says you took confidential company records.

You know how dangerous that looks.”

“Then he should ask his attorney to speak with mine.”

She went silent.