“In the ambulance that morning, when I was losing consciousness, I was so scared nobody would ever know what they did to us.”

I moved my chair closer.

“I thought we were going to disappear.”

I had heard her describe the events many times by then.

That was something she had never said to me before.

I put my arm around her shoulders, careful of the baby between us.

“You’re here,” I said.

“Both of you.”