In November: It worked.

Both of them.

And in December, from Christopher: I still can’t believe it.

After everything.

It’s like the universe finally said yes.

I read all of it twice.

Then I made coffee, and I sat down, and I did what I have done since I was twenty-three years old whenever something has gone badly wrong, which is that I opened a spreadsheet.

Part Six: What I Did Next, and Why