I spent two weeks in the hospital, and my husband never came to see me — but when I finally returned home and opened the front door, I stood frozen in disbelief.

name floated through every parent gathering. The kind whose photos other moms showed on their phones. She was the most beautiful and popular girl in school. Girls like her didn’t suddenly notice boys like Nathan. She hadn’t acted as if he existed for four years.

The following two weeks were the happiest I’d seen him since middle school.

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