Chapter 41

• "And how long have you been experiencing these feelings of disconnect?" Dr. Matthews asked, her pen poised over a notepad.
• Emma glanced at Alek beside her on the therapist's cream-colored sofa. Two weeks of marriage counseling had brought them here, to a sleek office overlooking Boston Harbor, attempting to rebuild what had fractured since the hospital.
• "Since losing the pregnancy," Emma answered. "Though honestly, maybe even before that. We never really discussed having children beyond 'someday.'"