I Found My Daughter’s Note in Her Wet Backpack After I Picked Her Up From Her Dad’s — and Realized That Night Wasn’t the First
“Yes.
About three months ago.”
The air went out of me.
Because three months ago, Richard had called me and told me, in his light and reasonable way, that Maya had felt a little dizzy from skipping breakfast, that a paramedic had come out just to be safe, that it was nothing, that I shouldn’t worry.
And I had not worried.
I had believed him.