“Where’s your mother?” I asked.
“In the kitchen.”
Diane appeared a moment later. When I placed the document on the table, she stared at it.
“I can explain,” she whispered.
“Then explain this.”
Ben looked at her. “Mom, tell her.”
Diane sat down.
“Ben was adopted.”
I stared at her in disbelief.
“What?”
Luke turned toward Ben. “That’s what you found out last week?”
Ben nodded.
“I found the papers and asked her about them. I didn’t know what they meant, so I called Luke. He thought there had to be another explanation.”
“And now?” I asked.
Ben glanced at the document.
“Now I don’t know what to think.”
I turned to Diane. “Where did these papers come from?”
“After my husband died, I requested additional records. I received them three years ago.”
“You’ve had them for three years, and Ben only found them last week?”
