My Husband Took The Only Car Out Of A Wildfire Evacuation Zone With His Mother And His Mistress Inside. I Was Six Months Pregnant, Standing In The Smoke, Begging Him Not To Leave Me

because my legs could no longer support me.

Then the line cut out.

When I regained consciousness, I was lying in a hospital bed with oxygen tubing beneath my nose and a fetal monitor secured around my stomach.

A nurse bent close and said, “Your baby still has a heartbeat.”

I sobbed until my chest ached.

Then she asked carefully, “Do you want us to call continue reading …