I pulled up the contract on my own phone.
Adrian watched me read it with the particular stillness of someone who had done something significant and was waiting to find out whether it had landed correctly.
Adrian Knight didn't feel anxious. But present in a way that was different from his usual quality of presence. More exposed. The stillness of someone who had made themselves vulnerable in the most precise language available to them was now standing as the result of that decision.
The third amendment was half a page.
It took me a full minute to read it because I read it three times. Not because it was complicated but because it was simple in a way that required repeated confirmation.
Amendment Three Additional Covenant
The undersigned party, Adrian T. Knight, hereby adds the follow
