Then why is the old date still on it, I asked.

“Because international business isn’t as neat as your spreadsheets,” she said.

“I’m not asking for neat,” I said.

“I’m asking which document is the original.” She lifted the second bag and told me Chad worked with people in three countries, that dates moved and documents got revised, that this did not make him dishonest.

“Then show me the revised document.” She paused with her hand on the door.

“I’ll send it to you.” “When?” “When I have it.” That answer stayed between us while she carried the bags inside, and I followed, because I was not finished, and neither, I was beginning to understand, was she.