with Vanessa.
Some had involved her lawyer. Others had involved financial advisers helping her understand her debts and prepare a realistic repayment plan.
The building I had seen was one of the offices where those appointments took place.
That explained where Eliam had been.
It did not excuse his lies.
When I asked why he had fabricated stories about his coworkers and meetings, he admitted that he had been trying to preserve the appearance of normality at home.
He had assumed that if he kept acting as though everything were
