required me to question the power my family held over me.
He acknowledged the fund.
He acknowledged that he had signed papers without fully examining their purpose and had accepted benefits while allowing me to believe I had none.
He didn’t mention my past as an Army attorney until the final paragraph.
Mara Ellison gave up a legal career to support our family, but she never gave up her judgment, discipline, or right to be heard.
I sent it back with one correction.
“You wrote that I gave up my
