Either way is fine.”

He thought it over and nodded.

Then he asked if we could make pancakes, even though it was time for dinner.

We ate pancakes for dinner.

We did that a lot that fall.

Brandi put in the work.

I’ll say that clearly, because it matters, and because I promised myself I wouldn’t tell this story just to make her the bad guy.

She checked into an inpatient program in Baton Rouge.