Her hands were trembling so badly that she dropped it.
The file fell open directly in front of my shoes.
I looked down at the first page.
One date was enough to bring the world to a standstill.
It was dated before our divorce.
And suddenly, I realized one terrifying thing.
Sophie hadn’t simply been keeping something from me.
She had been carrying a secret that could completely change the story of why our marriage ended.
PART 2
I crouched down and picked up the medical file.
The first page was dated three weeks before Sophie and I signed our divorce papers.
My hands started trembling.
“Why were you here before we separated?”
Sophie looked toward the doctor, then back at me.
“Because the last pregnancy didn’t end the way we thought.”
The hallway seemed to tilt beneath my feet.
“What does that mean?”
The doctor moved closer.
“After the miscarriage, Sophie’s hormone levels never returned to normal. Further testing revealed abnormal tissue that required treatment and continued monitoring.”
