You approached her, at her workplace, in front of witnesses, after making statements that may now become relevant.”

Connor looked around as if noticing the witnesses for the first time. That was when the performance began to turn on him. The audience he’d summoned to watch me collapse was now watching him count the exits.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

Kenneth took a second envelope out of the folder. It had my married name on it.

Kirsten Fleming.

I hadn’t seen that name on paper in almost a year. For a second it was like looking at a scar.