Jimmy was busy again with his job. A few days later, when Kate called him and wanted to return his uniform, he said he was out of town and didn't need it, for now, to just keep it. He didn't have a very good signal and hung up soon.

Kate folded Jimmy's uniform and put it into a paper bag, but she changed her mind and took it out, smoothed the fold mark, and hung it in the wardrobe among her colorful summer clothes. It was much longer and stood there like a pine among flowers. The ...