His Fake Wife, Her Real Voice

drew, offering me a lifeline: marry a

amily, agreed instantly, eager to escape

cess" in a persistent vegetative state, surrou

d her money on classic cars and parties, feeli

n my head: "You will do no such thing with

comatose wife. A

atching her back, giving me life advice, even coaching me through a

ublic eye, even fending off my brother' s attempts to buy m

ndal at her bedside trigg

azing with rage, and in a terrifying

was

at me with no recognition, no sign of

e asked, and then:

me, who became my secret partn

Nicole who knew my hear