Julian asked whether I would attend the board meeting as a witness.
I said no.
He asked again the next day, this time in person. He came to the worker support center and waited in the reception area until Lila brought me out.
"I won't ask you to speak," he said. "You can sit in the room and leave if you want."
"Why do you need me there?"
"Because my father is going to say the records are incomplete."
"They are."
"The contractor's report helps."
"It proves the boiler needed work. It doesn't prove who shut the valve or where the money went."
"Your notebook establishes how long it stayed broken."
"Why should I have to sit in a room full of people who already decided I was a problem?"
"Because they haven't heard from you."
"They didn't ask."
"That is why I'm asking now."
I looked
