My father had not written every day — only scattered dates, brief lines, mostly about the family’s money.

Fenella sold the Beacon Hill house.

Katya doesn’t know yet.

I’m gathering the paper trail before I confront her. Brock says the funds were an investment loan.

I don’t believe him. Fergus isn’t to blame for any of this.

The boy calls me Dad.

How does a man abandon a child over his mother’s deceit? Katya graduated today.

I am so proud of her.