I Came Home With My Husband’s Suitcase—Then an 11:14 p.m. Call Revealed Who Would Answer When I Needed Help

“You were lucky someone was there.”

“Yes.”

The producer asked whether I wanted that included.

“Yes,” I said.

“I almost did it wrong.”

I did not want a report that turned James into a man who knew everything and me into a woman who followed every instruction perfectly.

His records mattered.

The responders’ work mattered.