She said: yes.
She said: that’s it.
I said: I thought it would feel like more.
She said: what do you mean?
I said: I thought there would be more.
I said: more conflict.
I said: more drama.
I said: more of the thing I was steeling myself for.
She said: and there wasn’t.
said: Dana apologized.
She said: yes.
I said: that was not what I expected.
She said: no.
She said: what do you do with that?
I said: I accept it.
I said: I don’t know if it changes anything.
I said: but I accept it.
She said: yes.
She said: that’s probably right.
We walked toward where we had parked.
She said: I’m glad we came.
I said: so am I.
She said: Claire.
She said my name the way she has always said it.
The way of someone who has known you since the hallway and who has watched you become everything else.
