I hope they are doing well.

I read it twice.

Then replied:

They are doing well. Thank you for saying this. I wish you well too.

That was all.

Closure does not always require a long conversation.

Sometimes it is four sentences and a decision not to carry someone into the next chapter.

PART 18 — MY FIRST DAY BACK AT PEMBROKE FREIGHT SYSTEMS

Almost a year after the divorce began, I walked into Pembroke Freight Systems headquarters through the employee entrance.

Not the executive entrance.