Now as Maddy signed furiously, David voiced her words with the same voracious intensity. "Daniel admitted to me that he knew Lydia had talked to Freeley about me.I think perhaps she and Freeley had been having an affair and Daniel knew about it, but said and did nothing. Why he referred me to Freeley, I'm not sure.Perhaps they had been friends once.Daniel thought the man competent."

With an accusatory finger, Maddy stabbed at the letter on Liberty's desk."So now you understand ...