At 73, I Married My Dying High School Sweetheart as His Final Wish—After the Funeral, His Lawyer Knocked on My Door and Said, “You Walked Right Into His Trap”

“Yes.”

Of course.

PART 3 — THOMAS’S REAL TRAP

Thomas did not reveal the rest until several days later.

Cancer had exhausted him.

Some mornings he slept almost entirely.

Other days we talked for hours.

One evening, he asked Mr.

Vance to come by.

I sat beside the bed.