“I can’t give you that.”
“No.”
I stepped closer.
“But you can tell me why you took those months from me.”
Colleen tried to intervene.
“Meredith, please.”
I turned toward her.
“You let me mourn him.”
Adrian lowered his eyes.
“I know.”
“You watched me cry.”
“I know.”
“You let me stand beside a coffin believing it was you.”
His voice became quiet.
“I know.”
“Then why?”
He finally looked at me.
“Because if you knew I was alive, you could have been killed too.”
I shook my head.
“That is what your mother told me.”
“Because it’s true.”
“Then tell me everything.”
After a long silence, Adrian began explaining.
Several weeks before our planned wedding, he had discovered suspicious financial activity at the company where he worked.
Large amounts of money had been transferred through several accounts.
He investigated further and found documents that appeared to connect powerful people to the scheme.
