I No Longer Needed My Husband to Save Me
To support Gavin Cooper’s work, I waited in our first-floor home with our son, who was burning with a high fever, while the hurricane raged outside.
Yet as the head of the local emergency response team, he gave the last remaining life ring to his childhood sweetheart, Wendy Harper, on the tenth floor.
When I voiced my dissatisfaction, he berated me over the phone.
“Luna, you’re my wife. I can’t abuse my position for personal gain. I have to set an example.
“But Wendy is different. She’s a widow raising a young daughter, so I have a responsibility to make sure they’re protected.”
Once again, his argument about putting the greater good first won me over.
That was until the floodwaters swallowe