Valerie Came Home From Deployment to Find Her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter in Intensive Care
Ortega was at the elevator bank with his coat over his arm.
I showed him the picture.
He put his glasses on, read it twice, and took them off again.
“Is this the device, or a photograph of the device?”
“A photograph.
The device is in my bag.
I shut it off to save the charge.”
He held out his hand, weighed her phone in it, and turned it over once.