Because this is the best thing we’ve ever done, and I don’t want people saying you made it happen.”

“Your achievement is yours.”

Sophie nodded and ended the call a few minutes later.

It was a beginning so small I nearly missed it.

Their differences became clearer over the next month.

Chloe liked orderly evidence and concise questions.

She wanted to know what I knew, when I knew it, and why I made each decision.

Sophie was more interested in what I would do now.