PART 2 — The Secret That Changed Everything
“Were you having an affair with my husband?”
The words escaped before I could stop them.
Susan flinched as though I’d slapped her.
“No,” she whispered.
I searched her face.
“Then why did you react that way when I mentioned Robert?”
She looked toward the ocean.
“Because Robert knew.”
“Knew what?”
She pressed her trembling hands together.
“Everything.”
For several seconds, I couldn’t hear anything except the waves.
“What does that mean?”
Susan reached into her beach bag and removed a small white
envelope.
My name was written across the front.
In Robert’s handwriting.
I recognized it immediately.
The slightly crooked letters. The way he always made the final stroke of my name longer than necessary.
My chest tightened.
“Where did you get that?”
“Robert gave it to me.”
“When?”
“Three weeks before he died.”
I stared at her.
“And you’re only giving
