The three way call happened at two.
Josephine opened it with the same directness she brought to everything that mattered and said: I have spoken to both of you separately this morning and I want us all in the same conversation now so nothing gets lost in translation.
Nina said: I cried when you called.
Josephine said: I know. I could hear it.
Nina said: I did not expect to cry. I thought I was prepared.
Josephine said: nobody is ever prepared for someone telling them their work is worth something. Preparation does not help with that particular moment.
I said: I cried when she called me about mine.
Nina said: you did not tell me that.
I said: I did not want to make it about me.
Nina said: Lena. It is always also about you. That is the thing you keep forgetting.
Josephine said: she
