About rushing to the hospital and being told everyone in the car was gone.
Then Adelina asked:
“Did you stop looking for me?”
The woman’s eyes filled again.
“Not right away. But eventually… yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I was broken,” she said. “Because I was poor. Because I was told I was wrong over and over. Because after a while I started thinking maybe I was losing my mind.”
David muttered, “That’s not a great answer.”
She looked at him and nodded.
“I know.”
Adelina asked, “Why come now?”
“Because you deserved the truth even if you hated me for it.”
Then Adelina turned to me and asked the question that cut straight through me:
“Are you scared I’ll leave?”
I could have lied.
I didn’t.
“Yes,” I said. “I’m terrified.”
