At 3:17 A.M., Police Told Me My Husband Was Dead—But He Was Sleeping Beside Me

That distinction took years to believe.

PART 51 — THE WATCH

The vintage watch was returned after the criminal cases.

Mine originally.

Gifted to Julian.

Then placed on Nicolai’s body.

The evidence clerk asked what I wanted done.

I stared at it.

It had once symbolized our fifth anniversary.

Then fraud.