Property description.

Assignment location.

Court seal.

I used to straighten papers because crooked edges bothered me.

Martin thought the habit gave my hands something to do.

Maybe he was right.

By the end, I understood why I had needed those straight edges.

When everything else in my marriage had become interpretive, I wanted one thing on the table that stayed where I put it.

EPILOGUE — SUNLIGHT WHERE HIS BOX HAD BEEN

Diane came to the lake house one quiet morning carrying bread, bananas, and soup.