I read it twice.

Then I felt guilty for being jealous of a woman who had spent years loving a man who could not fully belong to her either.

Claire attended Julian’s small funeral in Montana.

She placed wildflowers near his grave.

I was grateful she had been there.

Someone should have been.

PART 16 — WHY JULIAN WAITED UNTIL DEATH

The question bothered me most.

Why did Arthur deliver the truth only after Julian died?