I Woke After 11 Days and Found My 9-Year-Old Grandson Asleep Beside My Hospital Bed—Then He Whispered, “Pretend You’re Still in a Coma”

Relief.

Then shame for feeling relieved that my daughter had only stolen thirty-eight thousand dollars and merely explored selling my house.

That afternoon, Walter’s court-appointed advocate, Elena Alvarez, came to see him.

She spoke with him privately.

Not with me listening.

Good.

Afterward she met me.

“He is extremely anxious about losing you.”