offer to solve the next conflict in their calendar. Sometimes I could hear him pause at where he once would have asked. I let the conversation continue on another subject.
There were moments when I wondered whether I’d made the exit too sudden. Then I remembered the six-week agreement, the dinner conversation, and Monday’s discussion about coverage. Claire’s hand on the spare key hadn’t been our first exchange on the subject. It had been when I finally believed what she and Daniel had been showing me. I could regret the
