of my hand,” Margaret said. “Every time I tried to leave, she became frightened.”
Doctors believed my mother had suffered an injury that affected her memory. The hospital reported her as unidentified, but no one connected her to my missing-person case in another jurisdiction.
“She wouldn’t let go of my hand.”
“The nurses removed the ring during her examination,” Thomas explained. “She kept trying to put it back on, but it was loose. Margaret offered to hold it so it wouldn’t disappear.”
“There are so many people coming in and out of these rooms,” Margaret added. “I was afraid someone might steal it. I kept it in my purse for safekeeping.”
They had visited nearly every day since then. Last night was their anniversary, and after weeks of living between home and the hospital, they finally went out for dinner.
My mother had suffered a seizure.
Yet they had spent
