He also stopped asking whether I could imagine forgiving Malcolm.

The choice was mine, and I did not need to resolve it to go forward.

The trust counsel later confirmed that changes to governance had been filed and that future accounting reports would be reviewed independently.

It was a practical victory that came without a satisfying speech from the person who caused the harm.

I used to believe a story could only end well if everybody understood exactly what they had done.

Now I knew people sometimes changed the rules around themselves before they changed their minds.