Once he had one, the calm, steady, loving father the neutral supervisors would soon describe was simply there, where he had been the whole time, underneath the storm.

Chapter 12 — The Clinical Notes

Selina’s case had leaned heavily on one particular fact: that David was in therapy.

She had cited his attendance at therapy, repeatedly, as evidence of a fragile and unstable mind — as proof that even David himself knew something was deeply wrong with him.

So we requested, through the proper channels, with David’s consent, the complete clinical notes from his therapist.

And the notes told a story that was the exact opposite of the one Selina had built on them.