“Why was Claire at the hospital that night?”
For half a second, he looked frightened.
“What happened?”
Then it disappeared.
“She came to check on us…”
“At night?”
“Everything from that night runs together, Mel. I don’t even know what time it was.”
“It doesn’t for Willie.”
His fingers tightened around the sponge.
“She came to check on us…”
“What does Willie have to do with Claire?”
“He saw you by the elevators. He saw the envelope.”
Robert looked down: recognition.
“What was in it?”
“Nothing that matters.”
“It matters to me.”
“He saw the envelope.”
“Melanie…”
“What was in the envelope?”
He exhaled.
“Money.”
“Why?”
“Rent. Groceries. Her separation’s been rough.”
“What was in the envelope?”
I thought of Willie’s jar.
“He saw Claire leave with a crying baby.”
Robert’s face collapsed.
“Oh, God.”
“Whose baby was it?”
“Oh, God.”
“Claire’s.”
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