I kept reading. “That is exactly what I needed EVERYONE TO BELIEVE.” My stomach tightened.
Then came the next paragraph. “There is something about my life I never told you.”
I froze. “I kept this secret because I believed it was the only way to protect you.”
Then: “I DID leave you something.” My hands started trembling. But the next line frightened me even more.
“Do not trust my sister.” I read it twice. Then Thomas had written: “Please, Eleanor, read every word of this letter before you do anything.”
So I kept going. Line after line. Page after page. And by the time I reached the end…
I was staring at the letter in disbelief. Because after seventy years of marriage…
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