And, strangely, those smaller figures made me feel rich.

For once, nobody could tell me that the numbers were too complicated for my little head.

PART 14

The first time I visited my old office at the community center, I expected to feel like a stranger.

Instead the receptionist ran around the desk and hugged me so carefully that she barely touched my shoulders.

“Allison!

We heard you had a baby!”

“Eight weeks ago,” I said.