“Does that create a debt?”

“No.”

“How do I know?”

“Because if you decide tomorrow you never want to see me again, I will be sad and still not send an invoice.”

That answer satisfied her.

Mostly.

Good relationships require power to be named.

Especially when one person enters during crisis.

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