That is worth a great deal.

But it is not the same as being made whole.

Being made whole was going to be my own work, and it was going to take years, and no verdict could do it for me.

So I did the work.

I left the auditing job, because every spreadsheet reminded me of the documents they had tried to force me to sign, and I moved to a small house near the water in Monterey, with a little brick patio just big enough for some potted plants and two chairs.

I started therapy.