For a while, all four of us were in the room, doing only what the next few minutes required.

PART 6 — The Message He Could Not Explain

At 8:45, Karen sent Daniel the complete exchange she had agreed to preserve.

Some of the later messages had not been included in the first discussion because she had not yet reviewed the whole conversation.

She identified that omission rather than pretending we had always had every page.

Daniel read them while sitting near the window.

His face changed before he handed me the phone.