Chapter 287

• Carson
• I rose before the presiding Elder could call for further discussion, folder already open in my hands, years of finally choosing to be useful for something other than protecting my own comfort culminating in this single, deliberate moment.
• "With respect," I said, my voice carrying clearly through the hall, "I'd like to address the evidence just presented, because I've already reviewed it in detail, and it doesn't hold up to basic institutional scrutiny."