The voice message was 2 minutes and 17 seconds long.
Logan said he had resigned as marketing director.
His resignation had nothing to do with me. He simply realized that he had tied his entire sense of worth to other people's admiration.
He had needed his young assistant's adoration, his boss's approval, and the promise that his wife would never leave. If he lost any one of those things, he felt like he had nothing.
"Claire, I've been learning how to live on my own. I ordered the right-sized cake for my mom, and I paid the home insurance bill myself for the first time. I know none of that deserves praise. You did it for 8 years, and I acted like those things happened automatically."
A long breath came through the recording.
"Tomorrow night at 8:00, I'll be at the restaurant where we
