The Secret He Couldn't Hide
Sophia couldn't hear anything after that.
The doctor's lips continued moving.
Words continued coming out.
Medical terms.
Diagnoses.
Complications.
But her mind remained stuck on a single sentence.
Your husband has been dying for a very long time.
No.
That wasn't possible.
Steve would have told her.
Wouldn't he?
The thought immediately hurt.
Because lately...
Steve hadn't been telling her much.
"Mrs. Clark?"
The doctor's voice finally broke through.
Sophia blinked.
"What?"
The doctor looked concerned.
"Are you alright?"
No.
She wasn't.
Not even close.
But she nodded anyway.
The same way people always do when their world is falling apart.
An hour later.
Sophia sat beside Steve's
