I was chopping vegetables when my four-year-old daughter

I don’t think so. He works all day. Diane handles mornings.”

He exhales through his nose, the way people do when they are trying not to say something too sharp.

“This medication can cause sedation, confusion, slowed breathing, falls. In a child Emma’s age, given repeatedly, it is dangerous.”

The room tilts.

I grip the edge of the counter.

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