“I was afraid of overwhelming you.”
“You don’t get to decide how much truth I can handle.”
“No,” he admitted. “I don’t.”
I looked him over — tired, worn down, like a man who had spent decades awake inside his own regret.
“Julian asked me to ask why you chose me,” I said.
“I didn’t choose you,” he said. “Six years ago, I hired your
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