AFTER FIVE YEARS OF WASHING HIM, LIFTING HIM, AND ACTING AS HIS FULL-TIME NURSE, I OVERHEARD MY PARALYZED HUSBAND LAUGHING WITH ANOTHER MAN AND SAYING, “SHE’S A FREE MAID. A USEFUL IDIOT.” IN THAT MOMENT, THE OBEDIENT WOMAN DISAPPEARED, AND SOMETHING COLDER, QUIETER, AND FAR MORE DANGEROUS REPLACED HER.