My Wife Was Seven Months Pregnant When She Stopped Leaving Bed—Then I Lifted the Blue Blanket and Realized My Mother Already Knew What Was Underneath

When she needed therapy, therapist.

When she needed sleep, I took the baby.

When I needed sleep, Naomi sometimes took the baby for three hours.

No one person became indispensable.

That made our family safer.

The first time Hope was six months old, Brenda sent a letter from prison through her attorney.

I did not open it immediately.

I asked Clara.