next day, John returned wearing a pink dress, high heels, and bunny ears.
“But why that particular outfit?” I whispered.
Susan smiled through her tears.
“Because it was the only bunny costume he could find. When the children saw him, they started laughing. And Lily smiled for the first time in weeks.”
I looked at my husband.
In all the years I had known him, that man had never
But what about the $18,000?” I asked.
John finally spoke.
“That’s the money I took from our account. I donated all of it to the treatment fund for Lily and the other children. And I’ve been saving the money I earn here so I can replace our savings.”
He showed me the cash in the handbag and the payment receipts.
“Mary, I know I was wrong. I should have asked you first. But when I saw that little girl,
