Rebecca had lied about one crucial thing.
She had not suddenly decided to find Mark because Noah was sick.
She had known where Mark was for years.
She knew he married me.
She knew we were expecting a baby.
And she contacted him only after learning his prognosis.
PART 16
“Why wait until he was dying?”
Daniel opened another page.
“Because Rebecca believed his death would make certain claims harder to
challenge.”
My skin went cold.
“What claims?”
“That she had remained Mark’s long-term dependent.”
“That he had secretly supported her.”
“That Noah had been deliberately abandoned.”
“None of that happened?”
“We have found no evidence supporting those claims.”
PART 17
There was more.
For years, someone had sent Rebecca money.
Regular transfers.
Small enough not to attract attention.
The sender was not Mark.
It was Mark’s father.
Thomas Carter.
My father-in-law.
The man who had sat in the front row at his son’s funeral.
