brought a lie.”
Behind him, Ruth was speaking urgently to Calder.
Frank stood beside her, pale and rigid.
Andrew watched them.
“Did Victor leave anything else?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“A sealed estate file that the trustee told me could only be opened if I suspected the family had concealed assets.”
Andrew went entirely still.
From behind him, Ruth stopped speaking.
I hadn’t yet opened that file.
And somewhere inside it, Victor had left a truth that could change not only our divorce, but the entire family Andrew had spent his life