I Came Home With My Husband’s Suitcase—Then an 11:14 p.m. Call Revealed Who Would Answer When I Needed Help
I had returned from a very different one, and his preparations were waiting in the house.
PART 3 — What He Had Asked Ruth to Remember
Ruth did not turn James’s conversation into a warning he had never actually spoken.
“He wasn’t saying something would happen while you were away,” she told me.
“He wanted a backup.”
“Because of the smell.”
“Yes.”
I asked whether she had copies of his complaints.