I’m saying the descriptions don’t match the records I was asked to process.”

Lauren cautioned us not to jump to conclusions.

Teresa could provide information through proper channels, and she should preserve documents lawfully rather than taking confidential files she wasn’t entitled to remove.

After the call, I sat staring at my dark computer screen.

I had imagined that the false separation story and the house papers were two manifestations of Gavin’s selfishness.

Now they looked like parts of the same urgency.