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
That detail still hurts.
I unlocked the apartment almost three hours earlier than usual.
No television.
No music.
No shower.
Nothing.
The soup I had left that morning sat untouched on the kitchen table.
The water glass beside it was still full.