I stopped saying further sentences somewhere in 2023.

That is how a woman who is competent at her job, who manages an eleven-person team, who is not frightened of anybody, ends up standing in a hallway at thirty-six being told that her three-year-old is a thief.

Not through one decision.

Through four years of not having the extra conversation.

Part Three: The Clinic on Nicollet

We got to the urgent care at 7:32.