“He did.” Another pause.

“And I nearly did it again.

To two babies.

I stood on a stage with a folder in my hand and I very nearly turned two infants into the evidence in a scandal in front of a hundred and ninety people, because I could not stand to be made a fool of.

If Michelle hadn’t broken first, I don’t know that I’d have stopped.”

“You put the microphone down,” I said.