The third appeared in documents naming Gary as a manager.

The committee suspended Gary pending its review and placed Dennis on temporary administrative leave while it examined approval controls.

Those were interim business decisions, not findings of guilt, and Arthur made that distinction clear when he called Elaine.

Dennis did not.

Within hours, he sent messages accusing me of orchestrating a coup.

His mother called and left a voicemail saying wives were supposed to protect their husbands’ reputations.

An old neighbor wrote to ask whether rumors about my mental health were true.