The Wife Who Returned
The stocks, the bonds, the accounts I'd barely had four years to enjoy before the cancer came.
"He'll take care of everything," I whispered, more to convince myself than Whitmore. "He's my husband. He loves me."
Whitmore's silence spoke volumes, but he gathered the documents without argument. He'd tried to talk me out of this three times already. Suggested trusts, stipulations, safeguards. But I was tired. So tired. And I wanted to believe that my life hadn't been as lonely as it felt in this sterile hospital room.
"There is one more thing," I said, my voice cracking. "My last wish. I want to see Adrian. One more time. At the estate."