“Do you want me to come over?”

“She’s resting.

We have what we need.”

“Can I bring something?”

“More saline drops if you happen to be at the pharmacy.”

He arrived twenty minutes later with the drops, the recommended supplies, and a bag of groceries.

He left them at the door without insisting on coming inside.

As I watched his car pull away, I remembered the seventeen unanswered calls.