After a moment of silence, Hank said to Jessica, “What’s past is past. Let’s put it behind us and look forward.”

Jessica nodded tearfully. “Hank, you have to take care of yourself out there. You look so much older now. You’ve been working too hard.”

She knew Hank was still driving for a ride-hailing service, barely scraping by each month. It was nothing compared to his former salary as an office manager.

If they had not made those terrible mistakes, perhaps Hank could have climbed even higher