But, that is not the worst of it, Captain.
You see, my sister is with child, and this man is claiming to be the child’s father. We believe he, or another man that he is working for, is attempting to take control of Mary-Michael’s fortune, and her child’s inheritance, as Spenser left my sister everything, including the shipyard. Father Douglas and I asked the judge to allow us to keep Mary-Michael safe as we await the birth of her child in one month’s time. For now she is safe at the Children’s Home, under the care of Sister Euphrenia, a trained midwife. My sister has of course been under a great deal of stress and this is affecting her condition.
She does not know that I am writing to you. As is her way in everything, my sister is determined to see this through on her own. Mary-Michael c
