The Two Extra Seats
“I was working seventy-hour weeks.”
“Mrs.
Reyes-Calder, that is not a cause of placental abruption.”
“I carried boxes at seven months.
I skipped an appointment on the—”
“No.” She put her hand flat on the file.
“I’m going to be very direct with you because I think you need me to be.
What happened to you was a spontaneous placental abruption with catastrophic hemorrhage.