I WOKE UP AND REALIZED MY WHEELCHAIR WAS GONE — AND WHAT I FOUND AFTER MAKING MY WAY TO THE GARAGE LEFT ME COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS.

clear.

He hadn’t expected me to get that far.

The woman next to him gasped.

“Babe, what are you doing here?” Terry asked, already stepping toward me.

I pulled back.

I didn’t want his help. Not until I understood why I had woken up alone, stuck in that room, while he stood out here with someone I didn’t know.

“Babe, please, I can explain…” he said, reaching again.

I slapped his hand away.

That’s when I saw it.

My wheelchair.

“Babe, please, I can explain…”

It was on the workbench,