I simply took out my phone.

“Did I manipulate this, too, Julian?” I asked.

And I pressed play.

First, the crash of ocean waves filled the silent dining room.

Then Selina’s bright, impatient voice: Julian, hurry up!

Do you know where your mother kept those account passwords? And then Julian’s own voice, unmistakable, easy, cruel: I’ll tear that house apart when I get back.