She passed me a napkin and waited.

PART 20: WHAT THE CAMERA COULD NOT SHOW

I had watched the bedroom recording so many times that I could describe Lorraine’s movements down to the second.

But the video could not tell me why Preston had turned into someone willing to help destroy my life.

I asked that question in therapy, where the counselor refused to turn him into a simple villain and refused just as firmly to excuse him.

“Sometimes people choose harmful behavior because they feel entitled to control an outcome,” she said.