I Went to Visit My Sister After She Gave Birth Until I Heard My Husband and Mother Talking About Me

and then he opened it, and as his eyes moved across the first pages the expression on his face changed through several states in rapid succession. Confusion, then recognition, then the specific pallor of someone who has realized the ground is not where they thought it was.

“Rachel,” he said. “What is this?”

“I think you know.”

He looked through the pages continue reading …