That was as far as we could go that evening.

It was farther than pretending nothing had happened.

PART 8 — Permission to Go Home

Reyes returned the document folder after the copies needed for the incident record had been made.

She checked the contents with me: three complaint forms, the receipt, photographs, sensor instructions, and the monitoring record.

The papers did not all prove the same thing, and she kept their purposes clear.

The complaints established earlier reports.