My Pregnant Daughter Was Found at a Freezing Bus Stop—Her Husband Had No Idea What I Used to Do for a Living

“Yes.”

She stared at the blanket.

I waited for relief to arrive in some recognizable form.

Instead, she asked whether the hospital could still keep them from visiting.

“Yes,” I told her.

“The arrangements here are still in place.”

She nodded once.

An arrest did not make a frightened person forget the last time a locked door had failed to protect her.