when we worked from a converted warehouse outside Denver.
Every decision that forces another person to carry responsibility must preserve the name of the person who made it.
He believed those words when we were poor.
Money had not changed him.
It had simply made pretending unnecessary.
I left my security badge on the table, removed Grant from my emergency contacts, disabled location sharing, and lifted my suitcase.
As I reached the door, he spoke.
“When you calm down, perhaps we can still be friends.”
I turned.
“The moment I
