Summary

Shortly after the accident, the police officers gave Caroline M's coat in a plastic bag. She dug through the pockets, pulling out a series of small objects. They reminded her of past eras.

During his "first weeks" in the hospital, M mostly slept (3). Caroline studied his body. She knew he was somewhere else, and she was the only one in the room. She considered all the places from his past he might be traveling in his sleep. To him she "could be anybody" (3).

"For years," M had rented his old apartment to a Czech family (3). Sometimes she and M had dinner with the family. Eventually they moved out. M put "the apartment up for sale" shortly before the accident (3). The sale was pending. A young woman was supposed to move in. "Her father kept messaging" Caroline while M was in the hospital, demanding...