Inside was not another apology.
It was a copy of an email exchange between David and Marco Duca from four years earlier.
Before Marco died.
Before David was accused.
Before I ever met Alessandro.
And one sentence in Marco’s final email changed everything:
DAVID, IF I LOSE MY NERVE, SHOW ELENA THE FILE. SHE DESERVES TO KNOW WHY YOU WERE REALLY FIRED.
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PART 4
Marco’s file was not about theft.
It was about safety.
That was the first thing my attorney told me.
The second was that the file did not make David a hero.
I appreciated that warning.
By then, I had become suspicious of documents that turned complicated men into saints.
We met in a conference room at the legal clinic.
My attorney, Priya Shah, sat beside me.
Across the table was David’s lawyer.
