She was only trying to come visit you!”

“She wasn’t trying to visit,” I said.

“You’re completely ruining my whole day over some stupid misunderstanding!” Melissa shouted.

“I have thirty people arriving at my house right now for the party!”

“Melissa,” I said, my voice dropping flat and quiet in my chest.

“What?” she demanded, breathing hard into the phone.

“We sat in the hospital security office and watched the overhead camera feed,” I said.

“We watched Mom unhook Rosalie’s oxygen valve with her own hands.”