“No, I’m sorry, but it can’t change anything, Henry. Thank you so much for telling me. It explains a lot, and in some ways, it makes the way that we parted easier to deal with. But at the end of the day, the only person that can change anything is him. I could go to him now and demand something from him, knowing that he might need it, but you know him, Henry, he wouldn’t take it. He’d close up tight like a clam, and probably say something poisonous to send me away. We said enough poisonous things the last time we saw each other. It was pretty clear that it was fully over for him.” I sigh. “And
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