Benjamin sat beside Paige.

“I need to know what’s going on, not the version that makes you look noble.”

So I told him about Dominic, the subsidiary, and the divorce.

I told him what I had done to other people as well.

I did not describe myself as a victim of circumstances.

When I finished, Benjamin stared at the floor.

“You could have told her,” he said at last.

“Yes.”