My chest tightened.

Then I read the second line.

I am not simply the man you met through hospice. I am your biological father.

My legs gave out beneath me.

PART 2 — THE MAN I WAS TOLD WAS DEAD

Arthur caught my arm before I hit the floor completely.

“Evelyn.”

I could barely hear him.

“This is wrong.”

I stared at the letter.