Accounting records had been secured and several people had given statements.

The documentation weakened the financial accusations against my father, but there was no verdict that resolved everything.

Gerald could no longer present him with impunity as the only one responsible.

Grant and Brielle had called off their wedding; their breakup didn’t give me the pleasure I’d imagined.

I had more important things to do.

One afternoon I went back to the grocery store with Owen asleep in his stroller.

I bought milk and oatmeal without checking my balance three times.