Second page.
Hospital record.
Mother: Talia Reed.
Father: Deceased.
Date…
One year ago.
Matthew’s breathing slowed.
Controlled.
Too controlled.
Then—
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Buzz
I slipped the note under the pizza box so fast I thought my mother-in-law would see it: ‘Please help me. Don’t leave.’ When the delivery driver looked up and heard her snap, ‘She doesn’t need a phone, she needs discipline,’ his face changed.
“I slipped the note under the pizza box so fast I thought my mother-in-law would catch me: ‘Please help me. Don’t leave.’ When the…
