Before My Son Passed Away, He Donated His Heart to an 18-Year-Old Girl – After the Transplant, Her Mother Handed Me a Letter from My Son

blew apart everything I knew about my husband, and disappeared.”

“I’m very sorry.”

I closed my eyes. “Just tell her I need to speak to her.”

“I can do that.”

I hung up.

I can pass along a request for contact.

***

By evening, everything seemed obvious.

Daniel had betrayed me.

Lily was the proof. Rebecca had spent eighteen years helping him hide it.

I was certain I finally understood what had happened.

I wasn’t even close.

Daniel had betrayed me.

***

The next morning, I pulled Daniel’s old files out of the closet.

If Rebecca wouldn’t talk, Daniel would.

Or whatever he had left behind would.

Tax returns.
Insurance policies.
Old business statements.
Receipts I couldn’t believe we had kept.
I found nothing with Rebecca’s name.

If Rebecca wouldn’t talk, Daniel would.

That almost made it worse. For eighteen years, Daniel had kept her separate from our life.

But I had