She stayed.
Now I understood why she had held me for so long that day.
Another time, she stopped coming to our house for months. I became upset and forced her to explain.
She told me she was simply busy with work.
It had been a lie.
She was trying to distance herself from me.
And every time, I pulled her back into my life.
At the end of the letter, Michael wrote that after he was diagnosed with cancer, he had made Susan promise that she would tell me everything after his death.
I knew nothing about that.
During the final weeks of his life, Michael often spoke privately with Susan.
I thought he was asking her to take care of me once he was gone.
It turned out he was asking her to finally stop lying.
I was still reading when someone knocked on the door.
