Alexander Sinclair Came Back to Fairview Hospital to Defend His Injured Wife Against Her Family’s Demands

“Fifteen steps,” he said.

“Three, then twelve.” He tapped the pen on the table, four slow taps.

“Higgins counted twenty-seven breaks in her.

Now we know what made them.”

I bent over my right boot and pulled the lace out of the top eyelet.

I worked it back through and pulled it hard.

“What about the bottom of the stairs?”

“Out of frame.” He tapped the pen again.