Chapter 2Tuesday
I nodded to the nurse by the front desk. They were all very nice; most of them let me come and go as I wished without caring if I turned up before or after visiting hours—family was always welcome, they’d said. I’d only ever been asked to leave once, and it had been by a substitute nurse.
“He’s a little grumpy today.”
The sigh came before I could stop it. I hoped she didn’t hear. ‘Grumpy’ could be everything from sour to raving mad. They never said ‘he’s crazy mad today’, though he sometimes was.
Those days, I questioned what I was doing here. My William would never be mean to anyone, never, but on those days, no one was safe.
The corridor to William’s room was clean. There were paintings on the walls and a few plants to brighten the place up. It had a slight touch of
