“Lauren?”
My wife couldn’t speak.
Rebecca began crying before she did.
“I am so sorry.”
They talked for almost an hour.
Rebecca confirmed everything.
Then Lauren asked the question I had been wondering about.
“Why were you meeting Mom today?”
A long silence.
“Because I told her I was coming to see you.”
“Why now?”
“Because of Sophie.”
Lauren looked toward the baby monitor.
“What does Sophie have to do with this?”
Rebecca exhaled.
“Your father changed his estate plan twelve years ago.”
Lauren shut her eyes.
“He assumed you
