The Husband’s Secret
“What’s funny?” she asked.
“Nothing,” I said.
“Everything.”
PART 22
A year after I walked into that office lobby, I received a message from the receptionist who had told me Lucas was on leave.
She had learned through a mutual acquaintance that the visit had led to a family reunion.
She wrote that she’d worried she had upset me and hoped everything had turned out all right.
I called the office and asked if I could leave her a thank-you card.