At the Hospital, a Nurse Told Me My Husband’s Wife and Son Were Already With Him—Then I Heard the Recording From His Crash

Are you okay?

How did you find out?

I leaned closer.

“The hospital called your wife.”

Martha turned pale near the window.

I adjusted Alistair’s pillow as though we were discussing dinner.

“There was a woman here with a little boy.”

Silence.