Another physician took responsibility for her care.

A hospital ethics adviser spoke to both of us separately.

Chloe made her wishes clear, and her family and legal counsel ensured that no medical decision depended on me.

None of those steps erased the complicated power imbalance.

I knew that.

I still know it.

What had happened was not a model anyone should copy, and our wedding did not make the questions disappear.

Paige walked beside me without asking what I intended to do next.