cold.
“David contacted you.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“He learned the audit cleared him.”
“How?”
“We sent correspondence to an old email.”
“He answered?”
“Yes.”
“What did he say?”
“That he didn’t want the money sent to him directly.”
Of course.
I knew David.
Money near him developed legs.
“So?”
“He asked whether it could be placed in trust for his child.”
I stopped breathing.
“Mia.”
“We didn’t have a birth certificate yet.”
“She wasn’t born.”
“Correct.”
“He knew I was pregnant.”
“Yes.”
That hurt more than I expected.
David had left when I was seven months pregnant.
He said he could not be what I needed.
Then disappeared.
I thought he had abandoned us entirely.
Apparently he had made one responsible decision somewhere behind the scenes.
“What did he sign?”
Victoria slid over the document.
I read.
Settlement beneficiary:
Child of Elena Bennett, expected birth.
Trustee:
Elena Bennett.
Secondary trustee:
Independent
