My Surgeon Husband Worked Five Floors Below Me While I Fought Sepsis for 30 Days—When He Said, “I Was Too Busy,” I Put My Wedding Ring on the Hospital Report He Never Knew I Had

“What keeps you going through such demanding work?”

Marcus smiled.

“The knowledge that people depend on us.”

I turned the screen off.

Twenty minutes later, my IV pump alarmed.

A nurse came in.

I said nothing.

PART 9 — THE THIRD NOTE

This was the line Marcus never expected me to find.

Day 24.