you to come looking for me.”
Anger surged through me.
“He could’ve just told me.”
“No. He promised me he wouldn’t put the whole truth in that letter.”
“Why?”
Rebecca finally met my eyes.
“Because some of it wasn’t his secret to tell.”
“Then whose daughter is Lily?”
She said nothing.
I thought of the business filings.
The obituary.
The name that had frightened her when I arrived.
“Michael.”
Her expression changed.
And I knew I’d finally found the right question.
“What did Daniel do to him?”
“You found the company.”
“I found enough to know Daniel lied about when Michael died.”
“He told you Michael died before you met?”
“Yes.”
Rebecca gave a bitter laugh.
“Of course he did.”
“He also told me Michael stole from him.”
“He didn’t.”
Two words opened another crack in my marriage.
“What happened?”
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