up—and that’s when I heard her voice.”
Kate.
Jack’s wife.
Or rather, Jack’s ex-wife, though Rebecca didn’t know that yet.
“She wasn’t angry,” Rebecca says, still amazed. “She was calm. Collected. Even kind. She told me she knew who I was, knew I was expecting Jack’s child, and wanted to meet. She didn’t blame me. She said she had something important to continue reading …