Part 2: My millionaire husband left me nothing in his will after 48 years of marriage except a note with an address — when I arrived there, what I saw made me fall to my knees.

My eyes burned.

"But I also think he was a coward when it came to you."

I looked at him.

For the first time, I didn't see an intruder.

I saw another person who had been forced to carry Thomas's secrets.

***

When I finally left the office, it was raining.

Nathan offered to drive me home.

I refused.

I needed to be alone.

The twenty-minute drive took nearly forty because I kept pulling over to cry.

At one traffic light, I remembered our tenth anniversary.

Thomas had surprised me with a weekend at a mountain cabin.

We had sat beside a fireplace while snow fell outside.

He had held me close and whispered, "There's nothing in this world I wouldn't tell you."

I pulled into a parking lot and sobbed until my chest hurt.

Because I still loved him.

That was the worst part.

Even after discovering the secret, I wanted to go home and ask him why.