I Came Home From Qatar and Found My Mother Locked in a Room—Then I Lifted Her Mattress and Found an Insurance File in My Name Dated Two Days in the Future
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.