Kenneth meant to collect on your life insurance — five million dollars — clear his debt, and leave the country with her the moment the funerals were over.”

My stomach turned.

Fifteen years of marriage and two children, weighed on a scale against a mistress and a debt, and found lighter.

“But my mother,” I said, and my voice broke on the word.

“Why would my own mother help them do this?

To me?

To her grandsons?”

Vance let out a long breath.