I would be lying if I said there had been no warnings.

The truth, the uncomfortable truth I had to sit with in the weeks that followed, is that the signs had been there for a long time, and that I had seen them, and had chosen a comfortable interpretation over an honest one.

It had started with small comments, months earlier.

That Teresa “took too many liberties” for someone in her position.

That it was inappropriate for my driver to eat at the breakfast counter like family.