“I waited at that café for two hours,” she said.

“Then I got a letter from the Calloway family legal office telling me you did not wish to communicate and offering money if I signed a confidentiality agreement.”

My throat tightened.

“I never knew about that.”

“The letter quoted things I’d said to you in private.

About how hard the relationship had become.

I thought you had passed them along to make me feel foolish.”

“Elena, I did not authorize any letter.