My Mother-in-Law Locked Me Inside While I Was 38 Weeks Pregnant — Then Returned From a Luxury Trip Paid With My Money

a hospital room that smelled like antiseptic and something floral that was probably a candle someone had brought and that Vanessa would never be able to identify and would sometimes, in the subsequent months, be surprised by a scent that brought her back to that room and to the first sound he made.