Elaine Foster.

I had resisted counseling in the past because I disliked admitting I could not solve a problem alone.

The first time I said that aloud, Meredith laughed gently and said, “That’s the problem in a sentence.”

Elaine asked us to describe a time when each of us felt dismissed.

Meredith recalled the anniversary dinner I skipped.

I remembered the photograph in her portfolio and how I had convinced myself it proved she was in love with someone else.

She stared at me.