Get the act on camera.
Build something a court cannot wave away.
That afternoon I bought a small camera disguised as a wall outlet and I installed it above the kitchen counter, and that night, after the house was asleep, I took a tiny sample from the jar and sealed it in a bag — and underneath the jar, where it had been sitting, I found a crumpled pharmacy receipt made out to a name I had never heard in my life.
Malachi Braddock.
I want to say something about Zora, because in a story this full of betrayal she is the thing that kept me from concluding that everyone betrays you eventually.
She had no obligation to me that morning beyond friendship, and friendship would have been fully discharged by a hug and a referral.