The fetal monitor was no longer the center of it.

My body felt unfamiliar, tired, and sore.

I wanted my daughter beside me.

I also knew she needed the team caring for her.

Brenda helped me begin the visits and feeding arrangements appropriate to her condition.

Nobody demanded I recover on a schedule because a family business needed me to go home.

Vance postponed a longer interview until I could manage it.

When we did speak, he said the prosecutor was reviewing unlawful restraint and conspiracy allegations, along with other possible charges raised by the evidence.