She was silent.
Then she said,
“Soon.”
Three days later, all three children showed up.
Diane, James, and Robert.
William was sitting in the kitchen.
I made coffee.
Nobody touched it.
Finally, Diane looked at me.
“Sophie, there’s something we need to tell you.”
My stomach dropped.
I looked at William.
He lowered his eyes.
“What’s going on?”
Diane took a deep breath.
“Our father didn’t lose urm anything.”
I stared at her.
“What?”
“The house is fine. The business is fine. The investments are fine.”
The room went completely silent.
I turned toward William.
“You lied to me?”
“Sophie…”
“You lied to me for two months?”
Diane interrupted.
“It was our idea. We wanted to know whether you would stay if you believed the money was gone.”
My hands started shaking.
Not because I was relieved he was still rich.
Because I was hurt.
For two
