It made me want to never again mistake the winning of money for the keeping of the people the money was supposed to be for.

Everything I did afterward, every hard cold careful thing, I did in the service of that single correction.

Chapter 3 — Family Takes Care of Family

Before I left for Singapore, I had transferred thirty-eight thousand dollars into a household account, set aside for one purpose: Wendy’s delivery, a postpartum nurse to help her recover, food, utilities, and a cushion for any emergency.

I had thought of everything.

I had built, or believed I had built, a fortress of preparation around my wife and my unborn son, so that whatever happened while I was on the other side of the world, they would be safe and warm and cared for.