It was a statement of what would have to change.

A week later, Bianca sent me a short message through Lauren.

She had cooperated with requests for information about the false separation claim.

She was moving to another city and wanted me to know that she had taken none of my belongings.

I didn’t reply.

But I believed her about the belongings.

One afternoon, I went upstairs to the bedroom for the first time since I had come home from the hospital.

The furniture had been removed after my attorneys documented the disputed purchases.