“I am.”

“We’d like you to develop a longer curriculum.”

I thought of the folders that used to sit unnoticed beside Dennis’s printer.

The knowledge he’d mocked had become something another person valued.

I said yes, but this time I asked for the responsibilities and compensation in writing before agreeing.

Rosa laughed appreciatively.

“Exactly what you teach.”

That night I went home and watered my rosemary plant.