Three hours earlier, he had walked back into his home expecting to grab a folder. Instead, he found his eight-month-pregnant wife crouched beneath the dining table while his mother forced fish bones toward her mouth.
Six relatives were sitting there watching.
His mother did not look frightened when she was discovered. She acted like she had the right to punish Emma.
“She needs to learn what happens when she embarrasses this family,” she said.
Then Emma coughed, and a thin line of blood appeared on her dress.
He did not wait for explanations. He carried his wife out of the house and took her for medical care. Before anyone could rearrange the scene or remove what had happened, he photographed everything—the plates, the chairs, the table, and the strange details that did not fit a normal dinner.
