The doctor turned his head away, trying to give me some privacy.
Jake’s voice continued.
“You’re probably angry with me right now because I was hiding something from you during these last few weeks. And you have every right to be angry. But if I had told you what I was doing, you would have stopped me.”
My tears wouldn’t stop.
“What did you do, Jake?” I whispered.
There was a short pause in the recording.
Then I heard his faint laugh.
“Do you remember when we first found out we were having a girl? You told me the thing you feared most was ending up alone one day. I pretended I didn’t hear you. But I did.”
I looked down at the blue folder.
The doctor nodded, telling me to open it.
There were documents inside.
The first was a life insurance policy.
The second was confirmation that the remaining mortgage on our house had been completely paid off.
