“You supplied the records and the representations.”

“You don’t understand this business.”

“I understand that pension money is not yours to spend on your life.”

My voice shook at the end.

I paused until I could continue.

I wanted to tell him I now owned his firm, his apartment, his cars, and the chair he stood beside.

I wanted the words to travel back through time and answer him at the courtroom table.

They would have been false.