“Think about becoming a parent and you consider consequences. When you came into our life, we knew we wanted to teach you the world. Even now, we hold tight to the faith that this document I compose will endure later history which has a reckless habit of making virgins out of everyone, a tendency some call amnesia.”
“They’re half an hour late for lunch with Tina. Cathy’s driving. Cathy said she’d leave him if he lied to her about other women again, and now she’s leaving. It all came out this morning. He feels sick. She seems calm, determined, cold.”