I looked up in confusion.
“But… we didn’t have this kind of money.”
Dr. Daniel answered quietly.
“Jake sold his small share in the company several months ago. He never told you.”
I couldn’t believe it.
Jake had spent years building a small construction business with a friend. I knew he owned part of it, but I had never imagined his share could be worth that much.
Under those documents was another page.
Lily Wilson Education Fund
From birth through college.
I slowly sat down in one of the chairs in the hallway.
Jake’s voice continued from the recorder.
“I don’t want Lily to grow up believing her father left her nothing but a sad story. When you tell her about me, I want you to tell her that I was preparing for her life even when I already knew mine was ending.”
But there was more inside the folder.
