Her lips parted, but no words came.
I turned to Dr. Keller, desperate for someone to say there had been a misunderstanding. That the dates were wrong. That this file belonged to someone else. That my wife—my ex-wife—had not been carrying this alone while I was busy convincing myself that leaving her was a kindness.
But the doctor didn’t rescue me from the truth.
“Sophie asked that her medical information remain private,” he said carefully. “That was her right.”
I looked back at her.
