One morning he asked why I had not told the judge everything at once.

I explained that courts try to make decisions using information each side can examine, and that important claims need to be checked.

“But you knew Daddy was lying,” he said.

I told him there were things I knew from my own experience and things that required records or other people to confirm.

He frowned, then said, “So it’s like science.” I told him that was not a bad comparison.

Another day he asked whether the video was still being watched by strangers.