He had failed us for two years.

He seemed to understand, at last, that the only apology that meant anything now was to stop failing us, quietly, every day, for as long as it took.

Chapter 15 — The Statement

Brenda’s lawyers tried to get the hallway footage thrown out, and failed, and after that she pleaded guilty — to domestic assault and to reckless endangerment of a child.

At the sentencing I stood up to read a victim impact statement, and I had thought I would be nervous, and I was not.