W.

Strand — asks if a person gets married does the spouse get the hospital bills.

Told him I don’t know.

Find out.

And underneath, in different ink: nothing.

She never found out.

She told me that, straight, with the notebook open on the desk, and she did not make an excuse for it and she did not cry, and what she said was:

“Hannah, I write find out about nine times a week.