CLAIRE

Three months, that's how long it took to go from ashes to this. I stood outside the new facility on a Tuesday morning in early spring.

Dumbo, Brooklyn. Three blocks from the waterfront, the building was exactly what I'd imagined standing on that pavement in Sunset Park watching everything burn.

Brick exterior warm in the morning light, corner windows on two sides catching the sky, a proper entrance with the CLAIRE logo etched into the glass beside the door.

Nina appeared beside me, she looked at the building the way you look at something you've worked toward for a long time, with the particular satisfaction of someone who knows...