For Three Years, I Believed My Wife Had Abandoned Me After My Accident—Then I Found Her Holding Our Son and Learned My Mother Had Told Her I Was Dead

Before lying down, he stood beside the guest-room door and looked at me.

“Will you still be here when I wake up?”

I felt something tighten inside my chest.

“Yes,” I said.

He studied me.

“Promise?”

I looked toward Chloe.

She remained silent.