The Will
Molly and Mr. Hart stood in the parlor, facing each other. Mr. Hart looked ready to explode. “And how could you tell me this in front of her? It’s obvious she’s had no preparation, no inkling of it. This is horrendous. Her father just died, and you reveal this now?” He began to pace, then stopped, facing her. “You know all about our troubles: with Helen’s miscarriages, with my son. Why in all these years did you not tell me I had another child?”
frontnowchildMolly said, “And risk you doing something foolish? Look at the trouble we have already just from one of your children here. And what if you said or did something to alert Roy? I couldn’t risk having my daughter killed!”
Mr. Hart was not deterred. “But —”
Outraged, I stormed up to Mr. Hart, “Of all people, you have no advan
