I didn’t have to decide.

I wrote a brief answer.

I hope you learn to treat people with respect whether they can offer you money or not.

I do not wish to renew our marriage.

Please honor my decision.

I kept a copy and sent it through Elaine.

The following weekend, Lena and I drove to a state park outside Charlotte.

We walked a trail lined with bare trees and listened to children shouting beside a shallow creek.