*Liars deal in words, Claire. Truth deals in data.*

He meant it as a weapon to use on other people. It took me until I was forty-one to find out what it does when you point it at yourself.

Eleven days. Here is what I found.

**March 2019.** A routing irregularity on a Patricia-linked transfer — a hop through a Luxembourg intermediary that had no business being in the path.

I flagged it. I have the flag; it’s timestamped 23:41 on a Wednesday. Twelve minutes later I opened a message window to Harrison and typed a question.

Nine minutes after that, I deleted the draft without sending it.