Colton remained responsible for cooperating with the separate investigations.

Daniel’s case continued on its own schedule, and I learned to stop treating every update as a prediction of the final outcome.

Joanna voluntarily corrected her business records and implemented tighter controls.

She sent me a short letter saying she’d started requiring signed client consent, reviewed by someone other than the person requesting access.

I knew a policy couldn’t undo what had happened to me.

I was glad she had learned from it.