We cannot invent authority because the facts make us angry.”

For the first time since the wedding, I felt the relief of someone drawing a reliable map.

I had evidence of forced termination and of company processes being bypassed.

I did not yet have proof of who received the questionable payments.

Nora drafted a preservation notice and a request for my personnel file.

She also asked me to describe what happened at the courthouse in my own words, without exaggeration.

When I told her about my father’s silence, she set down her pen.