Read that the station is short on funding. Every small civic space in this town is one bad letter away from closing, and the paperwork always arrives before the help does. Per the records, nobody asks us until the water is already in.

Whoever you are, you're not wrong about the paperwork. I'm not ready to say more out loud yet, but I'll be honest with you when I am.

Then I will wait, and I will not pretend I was not curious. Take the time you need. Silence about a letter is not the same as lying about it, per the records.

Thank you for not pushing, Mei-Lin. I'm going to tell the volunteers properly this week, before Friday, not over a post. You'll hear it from me first when I've actually said it out loud.