Everything that followed took place in the room where my request should already have been clear: no removal, no transfer, no private arrangement.

By 2:18, she had struck me, taken Leo, and begun moving toward the corridor.

That was no longer a question about what a grandmother might mean by buying a crib.

It was an action that staff could stop.

PART 5 — What the Hallway Showed

After Leo was returned, the nurse settled him in his bassinet while another clinician examined me.

I wanted him against my chest immediately.