An Ambulance Took My Mother to the Hospital—When I Returned for Her Medical Folder, I Found My Mother-in-Law Moving Into Her Apartment

“Utility bills?”

“And the building insurance papers.

They called me about renewing something.”

“I’ll get it.”

I kissed her forehead.

When I got home, I dropped my handbag onto the entry table.

Then stopped.

Something was missing.