“I didn’t write that.”
“I swear.”
Another email from Daniel. I reviewed the source records. The draft letter was attached to an email sent from Michael’s personal email address on August 18 at 11:42 p.m. I have forwarded the original message below for transparency. I slowly opened the forwarded email. Michael’s email address. Attached is the draft we discussed. Emily is expected to sign after we settle a few personal issues. August 18. I remembered that date. I’d been in Milwaukee overnight for work.
Michael had called me at ten thirty. Michael faced me.
“I did not send that email.”
For once since I had come home to find my belongings in the hall, I saw no defensiveness. A second address in the email chain. One Michael hadn’t used in years. An old account from the small consulting business he had started after college.
“What is that?”
