You knew something was off.
You just couldn’t explain it.
These are the patterns behind the confusion…
the things that made you question yourself instead of what was happening.
Start anywhere…
(also published on Medium)
Why Innocent People Confess — And Why Abuse Survivors Understand It Better Than Anyone
I used to think I knew the answer.
How does an innocent person confess to something they didn’t do? How do you sit across from someone with authority and persistence and say yes, I did it, when you didn’t?
Explaining Made You Guilty. Silence Made You Guilty. Welcome to the Trap.
Two and a half hours. Photos. Text messages. A search for what he called "cheating apps." He went through everything. And he found nothing, because there was nothing to find.
It didn't matter.