My Childhood Sweetheart Asked Me to Sign a Special Folder in Room Four Hundred Seven

the words Zurich Medical Group, and beneath them, he had signed his name to authorize the release of our records.

I stared at the black ink, my thumb resting over the curve of the paper as the room went completely still.

He had signed it Benjamin Miller, with the sharp, looping capital B and the straight, rigid underline he only used on bank loans and continue reading …