The following afternoon, Carol drove to Margaret’s house and placed the letter on her dining table. Margaret’s smile disappeared.
She admitted she knew about Rebecca and knew Daniel planned to leave. She said she had been terrified Carol would change her mind while her son was getting sicker. She hoped that once he recovered, he would remember what mattered.
Margaret said she had told Daniel to end the affair and believed he had. When Carol told her the relationship was still going, Margaret was stunned.
Carol made her point clearly. She understood a mother’s fear of losing her child. But Margaret had been willing to let her go into surgery without knowing her husband planned to walk away. That choice made Margaret part of the kidney donation betrayal, whatever her intentions were.
Before Carol left, Margaret begged her not to tell Daniel they had spoken. Carol pointed out that she was still being asked to keep his secrets.
Confronting the Kidney Donation Betrayal Head-On
