I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

“And you wouldn’t?”

“No.”

There it was.

The fantasy physicians sometimes fall into.

If I stop, everything collapses.

Garrett was brilliant.

He was also one man.

“You missed your own daughter’s birthday while trying to make sure another little girl didn’t feel abandoned.”

He flinched.