And it would have worked, on a county courthouse, on a local reporter, on anyone operating in the arena of he-said-she-said.

It did not work on a federal intercept.

That was the whole point of where I chose to fight: in the one place where a woman’s stability is irrelevant, because the evidence speaks in a voice that cannot be called hysterical.

Chapter 6 — The Silence

I did not raise my voice.

I did not take a step.