pers first, an hour

deed, his brow furrowing,

th a dawning, sicke

saw the

o his laptop, his

any' s voice, his own voice, the

d sound es

shaking, and dialed Sarah' s numb

e called again and aga

rah, her smile soft, taken before the

illing thoug

Sarah' s ophthalmologist, the one he' d

"it' s Michael, Sarah' s husband. Her vision...

you, her vision showed significant improvement several weeks ago. In fact, at her last appointment, it wa

seen. She had s

' s numb fingers, clattering o

bited, built on Sarah' s sacrifice and

symbol of his success,

the bedrock of his twi

, followed by a desperate, primal need to f

rful, successful. He did no

find her.