Martha had seen him walking through the chapel, polishing his glasses as he talked.

She described what he said to her, not a reason she had somehow proved.

I returned my attention to the lease.

His financial urgency could remain his problem that evening.

Mine was where I would sleep after discharge and how I would reach my daughter while she remained under neonatal care.

I left the hospital before my daughter was ready to leave.

That was harder than signing the lease.