At the launch event, a woman asked me how my character knew she was ready to change her life. I smiled and said, “She was not ready, she was simply done being underestimated.”

Now, when I look back at that night at 2:03 a.m., I understand something clearly. The most dangerous lie is not the one told in secret, but the one told by someone who believes you will never question it.

And in the end, the man who thought he trained me to obey had actually trained me to watch, remember, and finally tell the truth.