If you stand very still, they describe you as cold.

I asked once more for my belongings, then went to the guest room and wrote down the time.

That night a plate broke in the kitchen.

Julian had slammed the dishwasher door against it.

Eleanor later said I smashed dishes during an episode.

The statement was signed under penalty of perjury.

It would have frightened me less if I had not known how believable she could sound.

At church fundraisers, Eleanor hugged strangers and remembered every grandchild’s birthday.