“If I explain the doctor’s orders again, she’ll see it’s impossible.”

“You’re not calling her back,” Kevin said.

“She’s going to tell Melissa I’m ignoring her on purpose,” I said, holding out my hand for the phone.

“Melissa has thirty people driving in for this tomorrow.”

Kevin looked straight into my eyes, his face set in an expression that held no anger, only iron certainty.

“Our baby is down the hall fighting to breathe through a plastic tube.”

“I know that,” I said.