“Charles did the paperwork.

Charles does everything.

School forms, insurance, the dentist, all of it, for six years.”

“He wrote down a phone number that’s been dead since before she started middle school.”

“People make mistakes in parking lots at one in the morning.” She smiled at a passing nurse.

“Deployed mothers don’t get to stand in a hallway and question how the family at home handles paperwork.”

“Say that again, slower.”