His voice hardened.
\”That isn’t your concern.\”
I almost smiled.
He had called me because it was suddenly very much my concern.
\”Then why do you need my statement?\”
He exhaled sharply.
\”Because you’re confused.
You nearly died.
You’re medicated.
You don’t understand what happened.\”
\”I understand you divorced me while I was unconscious.\”
\”The marriage was over.\”
\”Did you know whether I was going to live?\”
Silence.
\”Did you know whether the babies were going to live?\”
More silence.
I looked down at the pages again.
The trust attorneys had already requested hospital records concerning the timing of the C-section, cardiac arrest, resuscitation, my admission to intensive care, and the divorce filing.
They were also reviewing changes to insurance and financial access made during the same period.
Grant’s signature had supplied the timestamp.
The hospital supplied the rest.
I remembered nothing from the hours when it happened, but machines, nurses, doctors, records, and legal filings remembered for me.
\”I have to go,\” I said.
\”No.
Listen to me.
Do not speak to the trust attorneys without my counsel present.\”
It was the first order he gave me after I woke.
That decided everything.
\”Goodbye, Grant.\”
I ended the call.
My hand trembled afterward, but I did not regret it.
The next several days were a strange combination of terror and clarity.
My body was recovering slowly.
I could not walk far.
Breathing deeply hurt.
The triplets remained in neonatal intensive care, and every alarm from behind the glass made my stomach tighten.
At the same time, the legal consequences outside the hospital were accelerating.
The trust attorneys began interviewing hospital personnel.
They were not interested in whether Grant and I had been happy.
They asked precise questions.
When had I lost consciousness?
When had my heart stopped?
When was I resuscitated?
When did the attorney arrive with the divorce documents?
When did Grant sign them?
When did the doctor request family authorization?
What exactly did Grant say?
The answer to that last question appeared in more than one account.
\”I am no longer her husband.
Update the records.\”
The doctor had written a note immediately after the encounter because his refusal had affected how the hospital handled authorization.
The attorney who carried the divorce papers also had a record of warning Grant that I remained in critical condition.
Grant had signed anyway.
Then investigators examined the insurance cancellation.
That was where his explanation began to unravel.
Grant initially insisted the coverage ended automatically because of the divorce.
