“Even though he knew it might be a mistake?” I asked Leah.

She spoke carefully.

“He had information that should have prompted questions instead of punishment.

What he did that night is being reviewed separately from the prescription issue.”

I thought of the time I’d heard him on the phone and asked what was wrong.

He had dismissed me.

Then he’d used the same issue as a reason to put me in danger.

He hadn’t been tricked by a flawless lie.