After My Husband Left on a Business Trip, My Child Said We Shouldn’t Go Home. I Listened

wrong, but something-doesn’t-add-up wrong.

I’d kept his card in my wallet, one of those things you hold onto without quite knowing why.

I pulled it out now, creased and faded but still readable: Detective Michael Chen, Major Crimes Division.

Major Crimes. Not petty theft or neighborhood disputes. Major crimes.

My hands shook as I dialed the number, not continue reading …