He came with an understanding that he could decline to answer, and he agreed to discuss the new material before his attorney advised him to stop.

I showed him copies, not the originals.

“Did Mara tell you she was afraid you would take the children if she sought help?”

“No.”

“Did you say anything that she might have understood that way?”

“I said I wouldn’t let her take them somewhere unsafe.”

“What did you mean by unsafe?”

“A shelter.