PART 20: It’s going to be, she paused. A process. A long one. Processes usually are. She was quiet again. Then she thanked you in the kitchen….

PART 19: “My mother will have cooked too much,” Victoria said. “That’s fine. She’ll ask you about your business. She researched electrical contractor pricing online. I know…

PART 18: She’ll be okay, Victoria said. I know she will. You’re a good father. I’m a good father who didn’t know, he said. You know now,…

PART 17: Actually, she told him not to contact her family again. He was quiet for a moment, taking in the shape of it. Katherine Sinclair, who…

PART 16: She said no, not because she wanted distance from him, but because it needed to be her in her mother’s house without backup or buffer,…

PART 15: He thought about Kora saying, “You make the same face as when the coffee is really good.” He thought about how frightened he was right…

PART 14: He didn’t argue with that. She was right and she needed to be right out loud. She said at the party it was different. Victoria…

PART 13: and I’ve been spending 6 years being careful not to repeat it. And you’re the first thing in 6 years that has made me less…

PART 12: Marcus was not accustomed to people skipping the pleasantries. I wanted to reach out manto man about Victoria. Okay. I think there’s been some mischaracterization…