“You and Sophie will have a home here. No one will ever be able to kick you out again.”
I looked at him and thought of my daughter.
And I said yes.
Five years later, William passed away.
During those years, he taught Sophie to
and he put it on the table.
My name was written on the front.
With William’s lyrics.
I tried to take it, but the lawyer suddenly put his hand on the envelope and prevented it.
“Before opening this, there is something you should know.”
I stared at it.
The expression on his face had changed completely.
“Months before her husband passed away, she gave me very specific instructions. First I had to tell him that I had not inherited anything… and only then did I allow myself to give him this envelope.”
“Why?”
The lawyer stared at me in silence for several seconds.
Then, slowly, he pushed the envelope towards me.
“Because I wanted to see if, even after his death, you would do exactly what he predicted. And Laura… you just did it.”
My heart started beating hard.
“What did I do?”
He simply pointed to the envelope.
Open it. But I must warn you: after doing so, everything you thought you knew about
