Mr. Collins explained that Trevor had contacted him months before our wedding. According to the emails, Trevor was facing serious financial difficulties and hoped to gain access to an inheritance I had received after my late husband’s death. He had discovered my circumstances through a mutual acquaintance and deliberately approached me at the hospital.
I remembered how comforting Trevor had been that night. He had listened to my fears, brought me coffee, and promised I would never feel alone again. Now those memories seemed painfully different. But the lawyer had one more document. It was a letter Trevor had written to Vanessa, explaining that he intended to use the vacation to remove Eli from our family permanently.
