“Do you want to go back?” I asked.

“Not yet.”

She held the rail, waited, and looked outside again.

I stood beside her until she was ready to walk.

PART 7 — A Room for the Baby

While the business investigations were still unfolding, Hannah came home with me.

Discharge did not mean she was finished recovering.

There were appointments, restrictions, medications to manage, and people to call if something changed.