Neither became a timestamped recording because we wished it did.

The written plan showed my name crossed out.

We could not identify the hand with certainty from looking at blue ink.

The engagement notes showed that I had been removed from the family toast schedule.

Sophie remembered asking why, and being told I did not want the attention.

I had expected to speak.

We kept those items as records of changes and explanations that required answers, not as proof of an unknown person’s handwriting.

Inside one folder was a pencil mark beside the initials M.R.