“A woman?” I asked.
His eyes snapped to mine. “What?”
“Is it a woman?”
“No.”
“Then why can’t you tell me?”
He opened his mouth, closed it, then looked away.
And that was worse than a confession.
I laughed once, but it came out cracked. “We survived debt collectors, Daniel. We survived losing a baby. We survived three years of doctors poking at my body like continue reading …