She had just given birth, but she kept saying her back hurt. Her husband told her she was just acting cute. But when he happened to watch the camera, his world colla:psed…

them like smoke after a firecracker. Hannah said nothing because there was nothing to say that would reach him. She looked down at the baby’s sleeping face and felt something inside her sink lower than sadness. It was the slow, sickening drop of realizing you might be alone even when someone is standing right in front of you.

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