We asked the court to preserve the records connected to a lake-lot transfer whose proceeds were scheduled to move into an account Frank controlled.

We left out Carmen’s private letters to Frank.

The court needed the authenticated documents about Renata’s parentage, not every private remark my parents had ever made.

I wrote a declaration.

I stated the date I received the envelope, the date I met Samuel, and the date I requested certified records.

When I reached the line asking why I had accepted the family account for four years, I wrote that I had believed them.

I had not known Elena had named me.