The Head Nurse Told Me to Check the Camera at 3 A.M. and I Was Not Prepared

has been in a situation for long enough that he has learned to monitor exits. When he saw me, something in his face changed in a way that I cannot describe without saying it broke something in me that has not entirely healed.

He started to cry before I reached the bed.

I sat on the edge and put my arms around him and held him while he cried, and I did continue reading …