High fit

Storage is about how much you hold onto. Both Alan Newman and Jeffrey Hollander held onto their versions of this story for nearly 30 years. Alan held onto the shock and betrayal of the Dear John letter. Jeffrey held onto the feeling of abandonment. The Storage was full of old hurt that neither man had fully processed. What the podcast conversation forced — and what Alan's Bobby Brown insight created — was a kind of clearing: a way to set down the version of events they'd been carrying and pick up something more complete.