she hung up.
I kept staring at my phone.
I wanted to believe she would come.
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Maybe she was shocked.Men’s Interests
Maybe she needed time to process the news.
Maybe she was already on her way.
But she never came.
Not that night.
Not the next morning.
Not the day after that.
For three days, I barely left Henry’s side.
I slept in an uncomfortable hospital chair.
I brought him water when he could drink.
I adjusted his blanket.Adoption
And when he couldn’t respond anymore, I simply held his hand.
Sometimes I talked to him about ordinary things.
I told him about the weather.
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I reminded him of funny things we’d done together.
I told him stories from years ago.
And even when his eyes remained closed,
