“Being healed does not mean pretending it was acceptable.”

“You always hold grudges.”

“No.”

“I hold records.”

That ended the visit quickly.

PART 26 — THE IDENTITY THEFT RETURNS

My old identity-theft records became relevant only when my parents threatened reputational claims against me.

My attorney sent a private letter to their counsel.

It explained:

Any public assertion that I fabricated childhood mistreatment would be answered with contemporaneous law-enforcement and credit records.