Daniel had written it three days before the operation. In the opening lines, he admitted there was something she should have known before agreeing to donate. Then came the confession: he had been planning to leave her for a woman named Rebecca.
There was more. Daniel wrote that he had confided in his mother, Margaret, and that she advised him to stay silent until after the transplant. She feared Carol would back out.
The final sentence broke off mid-thought, as if he had started to explain and then simply stopped. Carol turned the page over, searching for more. There was nothing.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, she replayed the past year. The kidney donation betrayal wasn’t Daniel’s alone. Margaret had held her hand in the hospital and thanked her for saving her son, all while knowing the truth.
A Simple Question Answered With Another Lie
Carol photographed the letter and put it back exactly where she found it. She wanted to believe that nearly dying had changed Daniel and that he had chosen his family. But if that were true, why had he never told her?
