When she arrived at our apartment, she found the locks changed and a security officer who told her I had ordered it.

“I thought you meant it,” she said.

“I thought you chose them.” “I didn’t,” I answered.

“But I should have come looking instead of accepting their version.”

She stared at me for a long time.

“Yes.

You should have.” I let the words stand.

After Chloe was born, Camilla suffered complications that kept her hospitalized.