Take Care of Them While I’m Gone

So it sat in your file for four months and then it went nowhere and I have thought about it approximately once a week for two years.”

“Why didn’t you say?”

“Because you were drowning,” he said. “And then you weren’t drowning and you were leaving for California and it seemed like a hell of a thing to hand somebody at the airport.

And then it was a year and it was weird that I hadn’t.”

“Harrison—”

“I’m not owed anything. I want to be clear that I did it and I’d probably do it again and I’m not looking for absolution at a restaurant.” He picked his fork back up.