Everett saw it on my face before I said a word, and I think that is why he stopped being merely my attorney that afternoon and became something closer to an ally.

Chapter 10 — The Thing I Didn’t Tell Him

There was one more thing I knew that Damon did not, and I want to tell it here, out of order, the way I held it — close to my chest, for the right moment.

Three days after Christmas, a former client of mine had offered me a job.

Director of ethics and compliance, at a salary noticeably higher than the one HR had taken from me over that video call.

They had wanted me for years, it turned out; my layoff had simply freed me to be wanted.