I sat there for a long time, letting my emotions gradually settle. Only then did Aurora let go of me and pull up a chair to sit beside me.

She looked visibly shaken. "You scared me to death, do you know that? Didn't you plan to take Richard to visit your parents' graves today? Why were you in the car alone? Where was Richard? I if I hadn't called you when the hospital reached out to your emergency contact, you would've been lying there all alone, and who knows what could've happened ...