On a rainy Tuesday, the twins waited for him in unusual silence.
“We met Dad,” they finally said.
Julien had become the director of their program. He told them a very different version of the story: according to him, Claire had prevented him from being present. He claimed he had been sidelined against his will.
But he went further.
He threatened them: if Claire refused to play the role of the irreproachable ex-partner at an official banquet organized by the institution, he would use his influence to compromise their academic future.
The shock was brutal. Sixteen years of effort seemed to falter in a few sentences.
