He was still answering questions about his own decisions, and his attorneys had warned him that cooperation did not guarantee an easy outcome.

“I used to imagine that being untouchable meant I’d succeeded,” he said.

“Now I have to learn how to be answerable.”

I took the sailboat cookie out of the bag.

“Do you ever regret coming to my apartment?”

“Yes,” he said.

“Not because I met you.

Because I arrived with three SUVs and fifty thousand dollars and expected you to feel grateful instead of cornered.”