I did.

They handed me that knowledge, at enormous cost, and I have decided to be grateful for it, because it is mine now and no one will ever be able to take it, having tried their hardest and failed.

I closed the drawer, and I picked up my coat, and I walked out into a loud bright Chicago evening in the spring rain, and for the first time in years, nobody on earth knew where I was going except me.

And that was exactly how I wanted it.

THE END.