CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

with me narrowed to safe topics: the children, traffic, a new furnace issue in their rental.

We did not mention the case.

That silence had weight. Vincent knew something was wrong by March. No innocent person starts using the phrase “compliance review” as often as he had begun to. Linda, meanwhile, grew more theatrical online. More donor luncheons. More continue reading …