“I should have asked why you never answered the letter.

Instead I believed an assistant’s message over my own instincts.”

“We can investigate the company,” I said, “but I don’t want that investigation to become another reason we avoid what matters.”

She looked toward the window, where rain moved across the glass.

“Then tell me why you offered twenty million dollars.”

“Because I loved you and believed money was the only thing I had the right to give you.”

She closed her eyes.