I thought of Christmas morning, of Harold standing by the fireplace while Tessa opened the gift.

What was it he had said?

Try the cream.

It’s gentle.

If the financial questions were connected to his anger, he might have wanted to silence me, frighten me, or make me appear unreliable.

None of those possibilities diminished what he’d done to a child.

Dana reminded us that the criminal investigation and the trust matter were separate.

That distinction mattered.