A year later, the Glenhaven project was officially completed.
The sun was shining bright on the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony. I stood on the stage, with the project campus my team had spent countless nights building right behind me.
As I scanned the familiar faces in the crowd below, my mind drifted back to the day I first arrived in Glenhaven. I'd had only one suitcase, I'd just gotten over a fever, and there was barely any money left in my bank account.
The company had put me up in a small temporary room whose only window faced a drab gray wall. But that night, I slept surprisingly soundly, because no one would whisper in my ear again asking whether I loved him enough.
A reporter asked during an interview, "What made you insist on taking on this project in the first place?"
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