erile bubble of the hosp

now felt alien, each stree

wrapped in a makeshift sling, my othe

wave of pain through my

in my soul tha

the outskirts of the city, a place t

n-drenched, architect-designed

n down on t

s little face scrunching up

small, s

iece of the good

of the bed, the sprin

ed the scene a

d eyes, had examined the ri

piece," he'd sai

th a lot more tha

the surgery," I had wh

tack of cash ac

rty, like

pay for a future that Da

ht a glimpse of a TV scree

busines

g, confident, announcing a new grou

son's life was being paid for with the

a bitter pil

I turned on the small, flic

a reporter was standing in fron

es Corporation

as in fu

ng impossibly handsome in a tailored

ring evening gown, her s

wearing

rter was

ess with his longtime love, Chloe Davis. Sources say

ath hi

pered something in Danie

arefree laugh that used

so happy,

er co

dation of their happiness was bu

d for my phone, my thumb hoveri

ish part, still wanted to sc

t was t

dn't be

see a crazy, o

ra zoomed in t

was a delicate d

art s

that ne

it to me on our f

ar,' he'd said, because I w

k of the woman who had

ven her e

our future, ev

me; he had replaced me,

t like I was the one with amnesia, questio

rs I had a courier deliver t

t hesitation, giving up

want hi

him and Chloe

a section for

he would never fight for a

pinged o

from hi

or a swift and silent resolution. He also reiterates that he will not be

nable p

nical, cold, and u

ly, legally, de

f me, replaced by a pro

g left to say, n

the man

lost in the wreck

s a stranger, and

ing peacefully, his tiny

y North

y reason I had

niel's darkness to

iel's number

ed his

all my social

ow of the motel room, looking out at the city

spered to my refle

truly

scorched-ear

find a way to plant a new see

ty in the morning and