My Mother-in-Law Left a Blue Notebook in Our Hallway Closet—After My Son Was Born, I Finally Learned What She Had Been Recording Inside It

Why?

I still don’t know.

Maybe because objects can feel private even when they appear in your house.

Maybe because pregnancy made me exhausted.

Maybe because I assumed it belonged to Mark.

I moved it to the telephone stand beside the hallway closet.

Then forgot about it.

Almost.

PART 8 — ELEANOR BUILDS A TIMELINE

She called my mother.