He stared at his hands.

“Because if I admitted Walter was right, I also had to admit my partners were stealing under my name and that I’d allowed it out of convenience.

I pulled away when he needed support the most.”

“My father died soon after.”

“I know.

And I have no right to ask you to forget it.”

Joan stepped in before the conversation turned into a fight.

“The poisoning listed in the death record doesn’t prove a homicide.