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

Daddy.

That was all.

I wrote his name on a yellow legal pad.

Then underneath:

CHILD. NOT PARTY.

I kept that note throughout everything that followed.

Because adults become vicious around money.

Children should not become collateral.

PART 13 — PAIGE RETURNS TO THE HOSPITAL

Paige stopped pretending.