“That’s part of it.

I also like explaining how things work and watching a child realize that the world is knowable.

The work matters to me.

When we were married, you treated it as something small I did until I came to my senses.”

“I did.”

“I’m not giving it up so I can become the grateful woman in your second-chance story.”

“I don’t want that.”

“Then don’t make offers as if I have been waiting to become someone else.”