I did not cry, reading it.

I was past crying by then.

I understood, fully and finally, what I was dealing with, and I turned the whole of my careful, unhurried mind toward ending it.

Chapter 12 — Administrative Leave

My attorney handed the forensically preserved drive to the District Attorney’s office, and requested a meeting with the executive board of Bruno’s employer.

As it turned out, we were not the only ones who had noticed something wrong: the firm’s internal compliance department had already red-flagged Bruno’s department, two weeks earlier, for vendor anomalies.

We simply handed them the explanation.