Ryan laughed it off.
My father wanted to tell me.
Then he saw how happy I was.
I had just returned from deployment.
My marriage seemed strong.
So he waited.
I hated him for waiting.
Then I read the next paragraph.
I also know that suspicion can poison a family as effectively as betrayal. I will not make you choose between your husband and your father based only on my instinct. But I moved the original Asterion papers. If Ryan ever asks Nancy for them, then I was right.
My hands began shaking.
That was why the envelope had Nancy’s name on it.
That was why it had been hidden.
My father had not forgotten the shares.
He had hidden them from Ryan.
And Ryan knew he had.
The last lines were harder to read.
There is something else I need you to know.
When you brought Ryan home the first Christmas, I recognized him.
