Ask the people who were affected what repair would actually mean.”

He established a restitution review under independent oversight, separate from the criminal inquiry.

He also promised not to use Rosalind’s name in a publicity campaign while the facts were unsettled.

That night he sat with Pearl and showed her old photographs of her mother signing a song.

Pearl touched the glass.

“Did she love me?” she signed.

He answered in sign, slowly enough that every word cost him effort.

SHE LOVED YOU. I LOVE YOU.