“It means I watched you lose a job today because you stopped on Route 18.

Then I watched you refuse to take a cheap shot at the man who fired you.

That’s not common.”

“He insulted me.”

“He insulted you in front of your coworkers.

You still didn’t turn ugly.”

I looked at the agency doors.

Through the glass, I could see Nina at the reception desk, her pen moving over a form.