I did not let the questions turn my fear about the maintenance road into a memory of an event that had not occurred.

Their actual conduct was enough to require an answer.

Clara gave her full account with her lawyer’s advice.

Cooperation did not erase her participation, and she faced charges for it.

She had not been designated a harmless bystander because she stopped the truck.

Her statement helped the prosecution assess the roles of the others.

It also placed her own actions in the record, including putting the cord in the van and around my ankle.

We saw one another occasionally because I permitted brief, specific contact.