“I’m going to say one thing,” I said, “and then we can talk about it later.”

He waited. “Everybody in this story has made decisions about my body without asking me,” I said.

“Your mother decided whether I saw a doctor. Paige decided who I was allowed to call. You decided I didn’t need to know about the four hundred thousand dollars. Now you’re deciding whether I testify.”

I put my hand flat on the table. “I’ve been the subject of this whole thing since the day I found the lump. I’d like to be a person in it.”

Ellis had the grace to look at the file.

Gavin said, after a while, “Okay.”