mom i think the ones from june and september have your signature on them and you didnt sign them did you

And then, forty seconds later:

are you in the room

And I typed: yes. he’s downstairs. don’t call. i love you. i am completely fine.

Which was three true things and one lie.

Part Five: Seven O’Clock

He came back at ten past seven.

I had come out of the archive at 6:40 and I had done four things in twenty-eight minutes, and I want to list them because I have been called calculating for doing them and I would do all four again.