We needed to reconcile that directly, alongside any permitted reimbursements, without charging the same loss twice to different accounts.

Accuracy cost us both the ability to present a cleaner version of ourselves.

I began to see that as part of what we were trying to recover.

The mediator circulated proposed terms.

The lawyers checked them.

Marjorie read the full packet before taking up a pen.

Questions about authority, the sale process, the supervised proceeds, and the expense categories were answered or marked for the later accounting.

When a line overstated what the evidence established, it was corrected.