For Months My Mother Quietly Built the Case Against My Husband — Then Made Sure the Truth Would Reach Me No Matter What He Did
It only took me time to get there.
Chapter 16 — She Made It
At twenty minutes to midnight, the surgeon stepped out through the double doors, and I stood up so fast my knees nearly gave way beneath me.
“She made it,” he said, and gave me a tired smile.
“Your mother is alive.”
I dropped back into the chair and wept like a small child.