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"Jim,
This is what I should have said: not 'I can't,' but 'yes'. It's your voice and face I think about as I draw, as I fall asleep, as I dream. I'm scared. Help me find my way to you."
The windshield wiper, loose, let the flapping note fly away across the windy parking lot.