put her name in front of the whole company.”
“I told the truth about my marriage.”
“You gave people a target.”
I knew anger didn’t erase the difference between accountability and cruelty.
“I won’t speak publicly about her,” I told him. “I won’t contact her. And I won’t encourage anyone else to.”
“Delete the message.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because deleting it won’t undo it. And I’m not going to issue a false statement pretending I imagined what happened.”
“Did Nathan tell you to say that?”
“No.”
“You always do that.”
“Do