An adjustable medical bed.

Transportation.

A private home-health aide Mark claimed visited five days a week.

Mark sent photographs.

Mom beside a window.

Mom under a blue blanket.

Mom smiling weakly.

Always the same angle.

Always still photographs.

Whenever I requested a live video call, something happened.

She was asleep.

Too tired.

Her phone was dead.

The Wi-Fi was acting up.