EPILOGUE — Where Everyone Could See

At 4:50 p.m., the Seattle offer was open on the laptop.

Ten minutes before the deadline.

We had reviewed the terms and the answers to our questions.

We had discussed my work as well as Adrian’s.

We were choosing the opportunity with the practical plans we could make, not waiting for Graham to approve the reason.

Adrian stood beside the table while I checked one final detail.

“Ready?” he asked.