Brenda would blame Mark and Ofelia both.

Ofelia would blame the woman she called a manipulator ten minutes after calling her the love of her son’s life.

I simply set the evidence on the table and let them tear one another apart, and it was, I will admit, the one part of the afternoon that came close to satisfaction — not because they suffered, but because the truth, once loosed in that room, needed no help from me at all.

I set a thick binder down flat on the table.