I wasn’t ready to call it anything more.

PART 7

What Lorraine Knew

The first real confrontation happened after the children went upstairs to a guest sitting room to watch a holiday film with Celeste.

Brenda had sent me a folder of documents, and I carried it into Lorraine’s study.

Terrence followed.

Sabrina came too.

“Mother,” he said, “did you ever receive letters from Keahu about a pregnancy?”