Summary

Chapter 1 opens on April 1, 2018. Leonard “Leo” Fife is a man in his late seventies. He has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and will likely die in the near future. His live-in nurse is Renée Jacques, a middle-aged Haitian woman. Fife lives in Montréal Canada with his wife, Emma Flynn. Over the past decades, Fife has gained notoriety in Canada as a documentary filmmaker, primarily exposing corruption and malfeasance in corporations and government. Fife is originally from the United States. Malcolm MacLeod—a middle-aged filmmaker and former student of Fife’s—has come to Fife’s home with a film crew. At Fife’s request, Malcolm is going to film an interview with Fife. Fife’s one requirement is that his wife Emma be present in the room. Fife plans on telling Emma all of the secrets he has kept from her over...