The Woman He Called a Puppy

ce darkened

lights flickering out, p

phone, turning

ad Jessica pulled tight again

e power hummed back on.

d floor, Michael offered,

Jessica swayed, then

lance, scooped her up, and sprinted toward

to the marble floor

a cab, and went to se

assistant delivered a small, ele

: [He spoils me! Baby can't finish all this, no way!] The pic

said, not op

d his assistant, looked puzzled. "S

"If there's nothing else,

nter with my signed resignat

y monitor: "Come up to my

and the pastry box into the trash,

stay. Seeing I was determined,

eek, then

chael called. I was at a f

thinking it was hi

oice was dangerously low. "Sarah,

" I r

location. I'll

hun

stayed until the

never

w post: a selfie of her arm with an IV drip, cap

me, showered, a

ng of stale hospital air and

. "I'm hungry. Make me some of t

ries. He never t

t was the only thing she could stomach during her

under, Michael, then just a driven college senior, had pulled strings, coached

out

ething unreadable in his eyes.

ice even. "Does she