I left a little space underneath.

I wanted room for whatever came next.

PART 22

That winter, Vincent sent a handwritten letter instead of an expensive gift.

He said that an independent compliance review had uncovered additional wrongdoing in companies once associated with him, and that he had provided investigators with records even when doing so exposed his own failures.

He did not ask me to congratulate him.

He wrote about visiting a small community clinic he had previously supported only through donations and listening to nurses explain what they actually needed.