Chapter 22 - Helen Retires

Helen left six months later.
Voluntarily.
Sixty-two.
Enough.
Michael threw her a dinner.
She hated attention.
We did it anyway.
During dessert she said:
“I should have spoken sooner.”
Michael answered:
“Yes.”
Everyone stared at him.
He continued:
“So should I.”
Helen smiled.
That was all.
Later she told me:
“Don’t stay somewhere just because you won there.”
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I understood.
Surviving a bad place does not make the place your destiny.