“That’s not what I meant.”
“Then tell me what you mean.”
Daniel glanced at the girls.
“Jeremy was injured six weeks ago.”
I gripped the stroller.
“How badly?”
“His back. His legs have been affected.”
I remembered our calls.
Jeremy sitting against pillows.
The camera never showed below his shoulders.
Whenever I asked him to stand and show me his room, he’d make a joke.
“He’s using a wheelchair,” Daniel said.
“No.”
“He thought he’d be walking again before he came home.”
I thought of all the times he’d apologized.
I had believed he meant the birth.
“What happened to his flight?”
“He boarded the first plane, just like in his video. But when he landed at the connecting airport, his pain became unbearable. His legs were weaker than before. Medical staff took him to a nearby hospital before he could board the final flight.”
