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Meredith told me later about her conversation with Jamie over the phone, in the rental car on the way back to the rental place by the airport. She told him that she was turning herself in and that she hoped he got eternal accolades for his article, though the details of this call were not something I was privy to, which I complained about at length. She wouldn’t budge, because as I have implied very strongly, she is an asshole.

Suffice it to say, though, he would be waiting for her, but no surprise there. He had been waiting for her a long time. What difference did a year really make when you had designs on forever? Assuming no one died, that is, but that’s kind of the crux of the thing. That’s the assumption we all make, or else what are any of us doing here?

Dummies, every single one of us. The gifted ones most of all.