moment, he said,
“I wondered when you would.”
I almost laughed.
“You hid it behind the drawer.”
“I didn’t want you finding it too early.”
“You calibrated the hiding place?”
“I tried.”
Then I told him about the nursing facility.
The tour.
The room.
The crying in the parking lot.
Everything.
David listened quietly.
“So you were going to send me there without telling me until after you packed?”
There was no accusation in his voice.
Just recognition.
“I wanted to protect you.”
“You wanted to protect yourself from having
