He was showing me the answer to the only question that had ever really mattered to him.

He had found out, at the very end, that he was loved for himself by exactly one person.

And he wanted that person to know she was the one, before he ran out of time to say it.

Chapter 9 — The Restructure

He wanted to act while he still could, and while there could be no question that he knew exactly what he was doing.

That same afternoon his estate attorney, Ramona Brennan, came to the house, and she brought a notary with her, and Dr.