lost every municipal contract. His business partners resigned, and his license was suspended pending investigation.
Mother lost her position on the church board after the donation records became public.
Vanessa’s sponsors abandoned her within forty-eight hours.
Then the morning show invited me to appear.
I wore a navy dress Daniel had loved and sat beneath bright studio lights. The host who’d previously comforted Vanessa leaned toward me, looking pale.
“Claire,” she said, “what do you want people to know?”
I faced the camera.
“My husband and children were not props,”
