seemed awfully interested in whether my house was paid off.”
His face changed.
“And my will.”
“Sweetheart…”
“Don’t call me that.”
Someone behind me whispered, “This is better than television.”
“Shh,” my nephew said. “I want to hear this.”
I held Danny’s gaze.
“You didn’t come back because you remembered your wife, Danny. You came back because you remembered what she owned.”
“That isn’t true. I thought about you.”
“How touching.”
“I loved you.”
Danny stared at me.
Then he made one last attempt.
“We can still fix this.”
I