Margaret provided the statements Daniel had made to her and identified the correspondence she’d discovered.

There were records from several years and not all of them fit together neatly.

The review was not swift.

I didn’t expect it to be.

A person’s career and professional standing shouldn’t turn on the most emotional account given during Christmas dinner, even when that person has behaved terribly.

Meanwhile, the children began asking questions about what an investigation meant.

“Is Dad in trouble?” Ethan asked one morning while I packed lunches.