This is why no one could find a cause.
They weren’t looking for a poisoning, because who would be.”
I did not cry.
I sat very still and thought about the hundreds of mornings I had lifted a warm cup to my mouth while a woman I loved stood a few feet away and watched, patiently, to make sure I finished.
Zora told me what I needed to do, and she was clear and calm about it, because she is a scientist and she thinks in evidence.
Secure a physical sample.