At 3:17 A.M., I was completely alone in the morgue when something beneath the white sheet suddenly caught my eye…

cut her open in the morning.

That thought sat in my chest like ice.

Around 4:00 a.m., one of the ICU nurses came downstairs and told me Claire had stabilized, but only barely. She hadn’t fully regained her strength, though she’d opened her eyes for a short time.

Then the nurse hesitated and said, “She asked for the morgue continue reading …