Carter read the email a third time.<\/p>\n
Then he called Martin back.<\/p>\n
\u201cPut the release through,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll sort the domestic issue separately.\u201d<\/p>\n
He listened, standing with his back to the sink.<\/p>\n
Whatever Martin said made him turn away from me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the managing director.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another pause.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I understand the bank signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He ended the call without saying goodbye.<\/p>\n
I had expected anger.<\/p>\n
What unsettled me was how quickly he tried to make me responsible for fixing his confusion.<\/p>\n
\u201cTell your lawyer to withdraw that notice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a closing on Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are depending on that transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n
I set my cup down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you need to speak with the people arranging it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t understand what you\u2019ve interrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n
For eight years, that sentence had ended discussions.<\/p>\n
This time, I waited.<\/p>\n
He paced to the window, then returned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reserve supports our capital requirements. You can\u2019t just freeze business money.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attorney sent a notice under the agreement. The bank is following the reserve terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re repeating things someone told you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cSomeone qualified to explain documents I signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
His jaw shifted.<\/p>\n
He was searching for a version of me he knew how to handle.<\/p>\n
The embarrassed wife.<\/p>\n
The apologetic wife.<\/p>\n
The wife who offered to spend less so he would stop looking annoyed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou signed the papers last night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe acknowledgment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew what I meant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you what I was signing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked toward the hallway, as though someone else might enter and agree with him.<\/p>\n
Nobody did.<\/p>\n
I stood and picked up my bag.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvelyn wants any questions sent through the attorneys.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo her office.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s not make this worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put my coat on.<\/p>\n
He reached toward the bag, then stopped before touching it.<\/p>\n
I noticed that small decision.<\/p>\n
So did he.<\/p>\n
At Evelyn\u2019s office, the receptionist gave me water in a real glass.<\/p>\n
I held it with both hands.<\/p>\n
Evelyn had arranged the documents in separate piles.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour election has been delivered,\u201d she said. \u201cThe company acknowledged receipt through counsel. The bank confirmed the reserve restriction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter says I\u2019m disrupting Friday\u2019s closing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFriday\u2019s closing is not your contractual responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
She showed me a copy of the notice.<\/p>\n
It was shorter than I had imagined.<\/p>\n
No accusation.<\/p>\n
No account of the dinner.<\/p>\n
Just the triggering event, the relevant agreements, my election to have the interest redeemed, and the required preservation of funds.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe figure is two million four hundred thousand?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the amount supported by the latest certified valuation. We\u2019ve requested confirmation that there hasn\u2019t been a material change since that certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it could change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the agreed valuation process establishes a different amount, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was grateful she did not smooth that uncertainty away.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens to the rest of the company?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt remains a company. Its operating accounts are not frozen. Its payroll is not frozen. The restriction applies to the designated reserve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter had made it sound as though I had reached into every account and stopped the world.<\/p>\n
In reality, one account had a purpose he had accepted years earlier.<\/p>\n
Now he wanted another use for it.<\/p>\n
Evelyn turned the bank agreement toward me.<\/p>\n
The reserve had been established after the company\u2019s first major refinancing. It was held under instructions signed by the company, Carter, and the bank.<\/p>\n
Carter retained control over ordinary operations.<\/p>\n
The protected reserve supported the redemption obligation associated with my interest.<\/p>\n
When my entitlement became exercisable and I served the proper notices, the bank could not release the reserve without resolving that obligation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat money has been identified on the statements for years,\u201d Evelyn said.<\/p>\n
I found the line.<\/p>\n
Protected investor redemption reserve.<\/p>\n
I had seen it before.<\/p>\n
I had assumed its presence meant the protection was intact.<\/p>\n
I had been right about that.<\/p>\n
What I had not understood was how close Carter had come to treating its continued existence as permission to use it.<\/p>\n
At ten, Daniel called Evelyn.<\/p>\n
She asked whether I wanted to hear the conversation.<\/p>\n
I nodded.<\/p>\n
Daniel\u2019s voice sounded careful on speakerphone.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy client understood there was a preliminary settlement acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere wasn\u2019t,\u201d Evelyn said. \u201cYou have the same acknowledgment we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA signature was obtained at dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA signature on an acknowledgment of receipt. If you have a separately executed settlement, send it.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a brief silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn let the silence remain.<\/p>\n
Daniel continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re reviewing the historic agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI suggest you also review the current bank instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy client\u2019s recollection is that the initial funds were a family contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn lifted her eyes toward me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen his recollection needs assistance from the executed ownership schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the call, I asked whether Daniel was pretending not to understand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what Carter told him,\u201d she said. \u201cHis next response will tell us more.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer mattered.<\/p>\n
Carter\u2019s family had spent years assigning motives to me.<\/p>\n
I did not want to begin doing the same to everyone standing on his side.<\/p>\n
At eleven, my phone filled with messages.<\/p>\n
Carter first.<\/p>\n
Then Owen.<\/p>\n
Then Patricia.<\/p>\n
Owen asked what I thought I was accomplishing.<\/p>\n
Patricia wrote that private unhappiness did not entitle a woman to destroy a man\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
I showed Evelyn.<\/p>\n
She read them without changing expression.<\/p>\n
\u201cSave them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShould I explain?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t need to litigate this in a family group.\u201d<\/p>\n
I put the phone away.<\/p>\n
At noon, Leah called.<\/p>\n
I let it ring twice.<\/p>\n
Then I answered.<\/p>\n
She said my name quietly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know he was going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
I watched a woman outside the office window struggle to open an umbrella.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou knew he had the papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told Owen and Mum there would be a practical conversation. I thought you already knew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd after it started?\u201d<\/p>\n
Leah drew a breath.<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have said something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
She did not rush to defend herself.<\/p>\n
That helped more than an elaborate apology would have.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you all right?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m at my attorney\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you need somewhere to stay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m arranging it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m asking because you\u2019re my sister-in-law. Not because Carter sent me.\u201d<\/p>\n
I believed her.<\/p>\n
But belief did not mean I was ready to place my next night inside another Hale family house.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
She accepted that answer.<\/p>\n
Later, I rented a small furnished apartment near the library where I used to work.<\/p>\n
The booking was for one month.<\/p>\n
There was a narrow kitchen, a table with an uneven leg, and a window overlooking a bakery\u2019s delivery entrance.<\/p>\n
I paid from the personal savings account I had kept before marriage.<\/p>\n
It held less than nine thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
I had not been penniless at dinner.<\/p>\n
I had been frightened of becoming penniless, which Carter had found nearly as useful.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, Evelyn forwarded a message from Hale Development\u2019s finance director, Nina Park.<\/p>\n
The company had retained her five years earlier.<\/p>\n
I had met her at holiday parties. She always wore flat shoes and spoke to the catering staff by name.<\/p>\n
Her message confirmed that the latest valuation remained current.<\/p>\n
The underlying assets had not materially changed.<\/p>\n
The protected interest was listed in the ownership register.<\/p>\n
The proposed redemption amount was two million four hundred thousand dollars, subject to completion of the required documentation.<\/p>\n
I read my name on the register.<\/p>\n
Mara Hale.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five percent.<\/p>\n
There it was, between columns of dates and reference numbers.<\/p>\n
My marriage had trained me to wait for someone else\u2019s expression before deciding what a fact meant.<\/p>\n
The register did not have an expression.<\/p>\n
It simply recorded what belonged to me.<\/p>\n
Nina had also confirmed that Friday\u2019s purchase could not use the protected reserve while the notice remained outstanding.<\/p>\n
Alternative funding would need to be approved.<\/p>\n
At six, Carter called.<\/p>\n
I let it go to voicemail.<\/p>\n
His message began reasonably.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to meet. There are options here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then his voice sharpened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t spend eight years enjoying this lifestyle and suddenly pretend you were a business partner.\u201d<\/p>\n
I saved it.<\/p>\n
The next morning, Daniel sent a formal response.<\/p>\n
The agreements were recognized.<\/p>\n
The redemption process would proceed.<\/p>\n
Carter requested a temporary withdrawal of the reserve notice so the scheduled acquisition could close.<\/p>\n
He proposed replacing the secured reserve with a personal promise to pay.<\/p>\n
Evelyn read the proposal aloud.<\/p>\n
I looked at the cream-paper letter lying on her desk.<\/p>\n
Carter had once made promises beautifully.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would remove the protection?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would replace money held under bank instructions with his unsecured obligation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn typed the answer.<\/p>\n
My refusal took less than a minute.<\/p>\n
The consequences occupied the rest of the week.<\/p>\n
Carter called twice more.<\/p>\n
Patricia left a message saying June would have been ashamed of my greed.<\/p>\n
I had to sit down when I heard that.<\/p>\n
For several minutes, I could not move beyond the sound of June\u2019s name in her mouth.<\/p>\n
Then I opened the photograph.<\/p>\n
June on the pier.<\/p>\n
Wind pushing her coat against her knees.<\/p>\n
Her smile entirely her own.<\/p>\n
I forwarded Patricia\u2019s message to Evelyn and blocked her number.<\/p>\n
I did not feel triumphant.<\/p>\n
I felt sick, then tired, then hungry.<\/p>\n
I ate toast standing beside the apartment sink.<\/p>\n
That night, I slept badly.<\/p>\n
The next morning, I read Nina\u2019s confirmation again.<\/p>\n
Money had not cured the habit of expecting punishment.<\/p>\n
It had given me enough room to stop obeying that expectation.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Carter asked for a meeting at the company office.<\/p>\n
Daniel would attend.<\/p>\n
So would Nina.<\/p>\n
Evelyn said there was a useful reason to go: the ownership and reserve arrangements could be clarified together, and practical alternatives could be discussed without a dozen separate messages.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt won\u2019t be a family tribunal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
I agreed.<\/p>\n
When we arrived, Patricia was already in the conference room.<\/p>\n
Owen sat beside her.<\/p>\n
Leah stood by the window.<\/p>\n
Carter had recreated an audience.<\/p>\n
For a moment, the polished table became the table at Maison Verre.<\/p>\n
I felt the same tightening beneath my ribs.<\/p>\n
Evelyn paused at the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was arranged as a professional meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family is affected,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Mara can decide whether she consents to their remaining.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everyone looked at me.<\/p>\n
Patricia gave me the patient expression she used when someone was being inconvenient.<\/p>\n
I set my folder on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can stay,\u201d I said. \u201cIf we discuss the documents accurately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter nodded too quickly.<\/p>\n
Daniel opened his laptop.<\/p>\n
Nina placed a printed ownership schedule in front of each person.<\/p>\n
I noticed that Patricia did not touch hers.<\/p>\n
Carter began with Friday.<\/p>\n
There was a purchase deadline.<\/p>\n
There were partners expecting progress.<\/p>\n
There was a deposit at risk if the transaction could not be extended.<\/p>\n
He spoke for several minutes without saying why the protected reserve was unavailable.<\/p>\n
Finally, Nina interrupted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reserve wasn\u2019t free capital.\u201d<\/p>\n
He turned toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was cash on the balance sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes. With a restriction disclosed on the same balance sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Owen frowned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow much are we talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo point four million,\u201d Nina said.<\/p>\n
Patricia\u2019s hand stopped moving toward her water.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter leaned forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a valuation figure. It doesn\u2019t mean\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the redemption amount supported by the current certificate,\u201d Nina said.<\/p>\n
Her voice remained level.<\/p>\n
Daniel closed one of the documents on his screen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company accepts the contractual basis of the demand,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are discussing performance and timing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Owen looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou own part of the company?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have since before the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n
He turned back to Carter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought that was a loan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n
Carter stared at the table.<\/p>\n
Evelyn opened the original schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe contribution was four hundred and twenty thousand dollars. In exchange, Mara received the interest described here. The arrangement was independently advised and signed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia gave a short laugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was just money from her aunt.\u201d<\/p>\n
The words hung in the room.<\/p>\n
Nobody joined her this time.<\/p>\n
Evelyn slid a copy of the supporting document toward her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou witnessed this signature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia finally looked down.<\/p>\n
Her own name waited at the bottom.<\/p>\n
For years, I had imagined what it would feel like to see her confronted with that page.<\/p>\n
I had expected satisfaction.<\/p>\n
What I felt instead was a deep, almost physical exhaustion.<\/p>\n
All those afternoons spent trying to earn respect from someone who had once watched me provide the money her son needed.<\/p>\n
All those explanations I had rehearsed.<\/p>\n
The evidence had existed throughout them.<\/p>\n
She had chosen which part to remember.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t read every page,\u201d Patricia said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou didn\u2019t have to read every page to know I brought something,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n
Leah turned away from the window.<\/p>\n
Owen examined the schedule again.<\/p>\n
Carter spoke to me directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI built the business.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI took the risks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo did I.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou weren\u2019t working seventy-hour weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not claiming I was.\u201d<\/p>\n
He seemed startled by that.<\/p>\n
Perhaps he had expected me to answer his exaggeration with one of my own.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou managed the projects,\u201d I said. \u201cThe agreement recognizes that. My money bought a defined interest. It didn\u2019t become a gift because you worked hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nina looked at her notes.<\/p>\n
Daniel folded his hands.<\/p>\n
For a few seconds, Carter had no one to argue with except the terms he had accepted.<\/p>\n
Then he tried another route.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we pull this much out now, the company loses an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn answered before I could.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company has several options. It can seek replacement capital, dispose of an unencumbered asset, negotiate an extension, or decline the acquisition. Our client is not required to finance a new purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a site we could sell,\u201d Nina said. \u201cThe east parcel. We already have an offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter shook his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not the strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an available option.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at Owen.<\/p>\n
Owen had always admired Carter\u2019s certainty.<\/p>\n
Now he was turning pages.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you tell the partners about the reserve?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
Carter did not answer immediately.<\/p>\n
Nina did.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed funding schedule treated it as available subject to satisfaction of the bank\u2019s conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWere they told about Mara\u2019s interest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ownership schedule was available in the company records,\u201d Nina said. \u201cThe funding presentation did not describe this redemption trigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel looked toward Carter.<\/p>\n
The room had moved beyond a marital disagreement.<\/p>\n
Carter had made business commitments while treating a protection as though it would never be used.<\/p>\n
The protection had not changed.<\/p>\n
His assumptions had.<\/p>\n
I did not need to accuse him of stealing.<\/p>\n
I did not need to threaten anyone.<\/p>\n
People were asking ordinary questions, and he was having difficulty answering them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe partners need a corrected funding schedule,\u201d Nina said.<\/p>\n
Carter rubbed one thumb against the edge of the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll want to know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen tell them,\u201d Owen said.<\/p>\n
Patricia turned sharply toward him.<\/p>\n
He kept looking at his brother.<\/p>\n
I had never heard that tone from Owen before.<\/p>\n
At Maison Verre, he had been entertained.<\/p>\n
Here, the joke had acquired numbers and signatures.<\/p>\n
Carter looked at me again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could make this easier.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you asking me to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDelay the election. Give us a month.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn what security?\u201d<\/p>\n
He said nothing.<\/p>\n
Evelyn waited.<\/p>\n
Eventually, Daniel explained that a revised secured arrangement might be negotiable, but no such proposal was presently ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen there\u2019s nothing for Mara to accept today,\u201d Evelyn said.<\/p>\n
Carter pushed back his chair.<\/p>\n
The sound made me tense.<\/p>\n
He noticed.<\/p>\n
For the first time, he seemed to register something other than resistance in my face.<\/p>\n
I wished that realization had come in our kitchen years earlier.<\/p>\n
It had arrived in a room full of financial statements.<\/p>\n
The meeting ended with Nina assigned to prepare replacement funding options and Daniel assigned to finalize the redemption documents.<\/p>\n
The bank restriction would remain.<\/p>\n
No one had voted on whether I deserved it.<\/p>\n
Outside the conference room, Leah touched my elbow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard you yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean for longer than yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at her.<\/p>\n
She did not ask me to forgive her brother.<\/p>\n
She did not ask me to reconsider.<\/p>\n
\u201cI should have put the phone down,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
It was a small conversation.<\/p>\n
It felt more honest than the whole dinner.<\/p>\n
Evelyn and I reached the lift before Carter caught up.<\/p>\n
He waited until the doors opened.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The word stopped me.<\/p>\n
I had heard requests from him.<\/p>\n
Instructions softened into requests.<\/p>\n
Requests carrying consequences.<\/p>\n
This sounded different because he had run out of immediate alternatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t let the deal fall apart over this.\u201d<\/p>\n
I held the folder against my coat.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have other options.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo was the option you chose for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at Evelyn, then back at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know you would do this.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lift doors began closing.<\/p>\n
I put a hand against the sensor.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarter, you served me a divorce petition in front of your family. What did you think I would do?\u201d<\/p>\n
He glanced away.<\/p>\n
\u201cTake the offer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I let the doors close.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, Evelyn received a revised proposal.<\/p>\n
Carter would honor the redemption.<\/p>\n
He would finance it by selling the east parcel and arranging temporary funding against another company asset.<\/p>\n
He also requested that the final documents describe my original investment as a family advance.<\/p>\n
Evelyn pointed to the phrase.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat changes the history.\u201d<\/p>\n
I read it again.<\/p>\n
A family advance.<\/p>\n
Something casual.<\/p>\n
Something he could say he had repaid generously.<\/p>\n
Something that would let the old version survive.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes it affect the amount?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot in this draft.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why put it there?\u201d<\/p>\n
She waited for me to answer my own question.<\/p>\n
I thought about the dinner.<\/p>\n
Patricia\u2019s glass.<\/p>\n
Owen\u2019s smile.<\/p>\n
My name below Carter\u2019s on the petition.<\/p>\n
He was prepared to pay what he owed if he could still describe me as someone who had never owned anything.<\/p>\n
I pushed the draft back across the desk.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cThe documents need to say what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn picked up her pen.<\/p>\n
By evening, the bank had confirmed that Friday\u2019s acquisition could not proceed on Carter\u2019s original funding plan.<\/p>\n
He would have to change the plan publicly, among the people whose approval he valued.<\/p>\n
This time, I would not sign a prettier version of his memory.<\/p>\n
END PART 2<\/p>\n