The ^,M`ic Was +\*Still On

Jessamine s:*)pen[\t nine y;ears% turning Dashie*,
ll  Carrington(, from an und rafted n=obody wi=th two bl.?own k!nees into the c%=`$aptain o+)+f the%$/ New% Yor. +*k Co%.,mets. She (rebuilt h[is b!^??$o? dy, ghostwrote hi]s ap -`==ologies, /and quit- + her own career to manage his. He r[^epaid h!er by slee_+ping with his twenty-o#ne-year_*,- (old content producer, handing the gir)l a?/ traini#!ng p.-#rogram Jess =_am ) in`*e h+ad cre[ated, a;%%$nd telling t\he camera*? +s his fa ;mily# wa:[;s everything *!)— $while his
 pregnant #;wife sat in %the E+ )R alo[*ne. He fo`-rgot %:t).:o tak [e off his mic after %th;e ga$:me*. She d`+o!wnloa - ded thre(%e : copies.# Then. sh %e calle/d ). h#:is moth/er — w+ho happene:!:d to chair`(_ th^e tea]m's b;o=ar,d/ ,: — and  %said two words: ;"I' m  ?][leaving.;`?`" She didn't take the nursery, the 
jerseys, or the@= baby skates with his! n `umber o]!*n them. She took fou$r re_ _hab jo\[
%urnals, -a pa@s=sport, a]n,d the,` or:i,/ g inal \manuscript he t!/o;+ld =!her= wasn't? worth publishing. 
 Six $months (%later,:/ the @Comet_!s had( a )
new president. Her name was J`/essamine. ^/No last name required.