The Hospital Called About A Boy Who Listed Me As His Emergency Contact Until I Walked Into His Room And Everything Changed

frightened, and he has your full name, your phone number, and your home address written on an index card in his backpack.” Another pause. “He’s alone.”

I stood there with the phone pressed against my ear and the cereal going soggy in its bowl and thought about all the very good reasons to call the police and let professionals handle whatever this was.continue reading …