Ten Words on a Phone Screen Turned My Family’s Breakfast Upside Down

“What did your father see?”

“He was cleaning the sink,” I said.

“He was cleaning the sink when it all happened.”

“Was he facing toward the stove?” Mark asked.

“He was right beside it,” I said.

“He was standing two feet from the burner.”

Mark lined up the edges of his folders again.

“If he was in the room, his deposition is the linchpin,” Mark said.