“Yes,” he said.
“They can.”
Six months later, Diana Cho sent me a message.
She wanted to know how things had turned out.
I called her.
When I explained that Felix and I were still together, she sounded surprised.
“That isn’t the result I usually see.”
“I know.”
“Most people in your position confront the problem much earlier.”
“I know.”
“They show the evidence sooner.”
“That would have meant fighting Lucia.”
“Yes.”
“And if I fought her directly, Felix would have defended her.”
Diana was quiet.
“So instead, you waited until she made herself the problem.”
“I waited until the facts became impossible to avoid.”
“There is a distinction.”
“Yes.”
“What is it?”
“When you fight someone, you create an argument.”
She listened.
“And arguments can always be argued against.”
“Yes.”
“But facts that are properly documented don’t need me to defend them.”
Diana laughed softly.
“No,” she said. “They don’t.”
