I said: I know.
She said: I want you to know that the certainty came back.
She said: I want you to know I went looking for it.
She said: specifically.
She said: because something about the way you talked about that account was the way a person talks about something they built.
She said: you said twelve hours at a time.
She said: you said it like it was true.
I said: it was true.
She said: I know.
She said: get some rest.
She said: I’ll be in touch.
I hung up.
I went outside.
I stood in the yard.
The grass needed mowing.
The fence on the north side needed repair.
There was a bare corner near the back where the previous owners had removed a bush and had not replaced it.
I stood in the corner.
I thought about the plum tree.
How long they took to grow.
