After Losing Her Husband, a Woman Learned from a Nurse That Another Woman Had Been Visiting Him for Several Weeks – A Few Days Later, the Visitor Came to Her House and Said, ‘So You Don’t Know What He Left You, Do You?’

myself, I smiled.

“She does.”

“And you make pancakes on Sundays.”

My smile disappeared.

Jack had talked about us here.

“How often did he come?”

Denise hesitated.

“Several times.”

“Alone?”

“Not always.”

“Who came with him?”

“An older woman. Mrs. Bennett.”

The name stood out immediately.

“What did she tell you about Ethan?”

“Almost nothing.”

“Nothing?”

“This is a foster home, Claire. We’re given enough information to care for the children. We don’t receive every detail about their biological relatives.”

“But you knew Jack.”

“I knew he cared deeply about Ethan.”

“As his father?”

Denise’s expression tightened.

“I honestly don’t know.”

I stared at Ethan.

I had believed I was inches away from the truth.

I was wrong again.

I pulled out my phone.

“She knows.”

Denise frowned.

“Who?”

“Mrs. Bennett.”

I found the number in Jack’s documents.

She answered on the fourth ring.

“Hello?”

“Mrs. Bennett?”

“Yes?”

“My name