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

“The puppy asked for it,” I said.

“He stole Noah’s boot this morning.”

Chloe laughed.

Then leaned against my shoulder.

I put an arm around her.

For a while, we watched Noah play.

Then Chloe looked toward the house.

“Did Marcus call?”