When Marcus drove me to urgent care, we stopped at the credit union first.

I requested old transaction records and copies of the documents associated with the house purchase.

The clerk couldn’t produce everything immediately, but she took down the request and confirmed I could retrieve statements for my own accounts.

At urgent care, a clinician documented bruising along my cheek and examined my breathing.

I was given treatment instructions and told to contact my regular pulmonary specialist promptly.

Marcus waited outside the examination room, reading the newspaper and refusing to answer work calls.