Who you actually become.”

“I’ll try to be someone worth knowing.”

“Trying isn’t a promise.”

“No,” I said.

“It isn’t.”

The following week, Hannah went home with Clara to the small house she had rented with Benjamin’s help.

I visited only on agreed days and learned how to change diapers, mix formula when needed, and recognize the difference between an exhausted cry and a hungry one.

I made mistakes.