g heavy with antiseptic, and my b
my husband, the man I' d sacri
g, trembled in my hand as I called his nu
d rang. The
drug-induced calm.
Voicemail. Ag
our son, Liam, gl
our father. Can you please tell him I' m i
cold, impati
trategy to get Dad' s attention? He' s busy, Mom. He' s with Ch
hit me harder
ing. I' m at City G
"Stop calling and bothering us. Yo
notification flashed on my cracked scree
ring to the floor. The physical pain was nothi
husband, aban
me broke. But something else,