Because the past had become something they kept trying to edit whenever it interfered with a request.

I did not argue through every detail.

I ended the call and gave the records to David for the purposes relevant to our response.

I did not post Arthur’s finances online or ask strangers to make his bankruptcy a punishment.

I wanted the facts available where they mattered.

I wanted the lies to stop working on me.

PART 6 — The Gift at the Engagement Party

I first told my mother I would not attend Melissa’s engagement party.