Leo’s Hospital Papers Changed What I Thought I Knew About Vivian

from my purse and looked at it once.

Then I locked the nursery door and put the silver house key back in my purse.

The silver key made a small click against the lining of my purse when I set it beside the toaster. Daniel was already reading a message on his phone, and the words “hospital room number” appeared on the screen before he turned it away.

“She wants the room number now,” he said.

I put two slices of bread into the toaster and looked at him.

“Why?”

He read the message again. “She says she needs it for delivery day.”

“Delivery day is not a family appointment.”

“No.”

He set the phone on the counter and rubbed his  wedding ring with his thumb.

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The toast popped up. One slice landed crooked, and I fixed it with the corner of a butter knife.

“Did she ask for the