“No. Your results are fine.”
“Then what happened?”
“I’ve been debating whether to tell you this,” he whispered.
Wait!
I frowned. “Tell me what?”
“But after what happened today, you deserve to know the truth about your family. Just read it, okay?”
He handed me the envelope.
Inside was a letter from an attorney.
The first sentence made my knees buckle.
He handed me the envelope.
“We regret to inform you of the death of your father, Richard.”
I stared at the date.
Over a month ago.
But why hadn’t anyone told me?
I had no idea my family’s biggest lie was still waiting to be uncovered.
A letter from an attorney.
“That’s impossible. Mom said Dad was helping relatives!”
“Your father died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism,” Dr. Harris said.
The letter included the funeral date and an estate meeting I’d missed.
“Why didn’t anyone tell me?”
“Your mother asked us not to upset you during treatment.”
