“I mean, I’m sure you remember how I was after I found out about the bar.” He’s quiet for a second. “I remember it was hard. I remember there were some bad days, but mostly I remember the way you got right back up. The way you started prep again the very next week. The way you committed and the hours you put in studying. You never wavered, and I always admired that. The way you didn’t give up. I was…in awe of it, really.”
