I could only stare.
My company’s new Merritt platform.
El trabajo de Cassandra.
Niños que abandonan el cuidado neonatal.
The connection felt almost too neat.
Then she handed me the proposal.
“I didn’t know whether to say yes.”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t want my career tied to you.”
“It shouldn’t be.”
“Exactly.”
I read the document.
Her organization had independently been selected through Merritt’s existing community partnership process.
My name appeared nowhere in the recommendation chain.
“This wasn’t because of me.”
– Lo sé.
“So why hesitate?”
She looked at
