The scary inheritance
“Dear Nancy,” the first words in the letter said. “If you are reading this, then that means I have died from my illness. I know you will be sad and I know this will be hard. But I want you to know that it was my own decision. I wanted to go on my own terms. I knew I was becoming weaker and I didn’t want this illness to change me. So I took it upon myself. Don’t blame your brother, he took great care of me while I was sick. And I never should have burdened him with the terrible secret I had been keeping. But someone needed to know before I took it to my grave.”
Nancy stopped reading. She did not know whether she could go on. She felt guilty about Kevin but mostly she felt scared. This wasn’t what she had expected. She wanted this to be a final goodbye. Not some dark family secret.
The next part of the letter would turn Nancy’s life upside down.