That woman was me.
On the back were the words:
“Susan Miller. 1989. Thank you for saving my child.”
I gasped.
“Susan? Is that really you?”
She nodded.
Suddenly, I remembered everything.
Thirty-seven years earlier, I’d collapsed while walking with my six-month-old son, Michael. A young woman had called an ambulance, protected my baby, and stayed until Robert arrived.
That woman was Susan.
And now she was my husband’s mistress.
“How could you do this to me?” I whispered.
Susan began crying.
“When I met Robert, he told me his marriage was over. He said you didn’t love him. I didn’t even know your name.”
“But you knew when you sent those photographs!”
“Yes. And I’ll never forgive myself. I believed his lies and wanted you out of his life. I didn’t realize you were the woman I’d helped so many years ago.”
I let her inside.