My husband said he was flying to Denver for work, so I went to my prenatal appointment alone. While waiting outside maternity triage, I saw him rushing down the hall with one arm around a heavily pregnant woman

required flexibility.

At least, that was what I believed at 8:47.

At 9:26, I saw my husband inside the maternity wing of a hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

I had finished my glucose screening and was heading toward the elevator when I heard voices near labor and delivery.

“Please slow down. I’m trying.”

A young woman leaned heavily against Adrian.

She looked around twenty-five, with dark hair stuck to her forehead and one hand supporting an enormous pregnant belly.

Adrian had an arm around her waist.

His other hand