No one dared to tell Francesca.

Jeffrey kept trying to comfort her the way he always did. Jonathan and his wife chimed in to back him up. Jeremy said nothing at all.

Attorney Simon was a lawyer. Of course he wouldn’t let anything slip.

Only Madam Hale finally broke. She wailed, crying so hard she couldn’t breathe. “Fran, just… just act like Julian is gone! Raise the three kids and get them to adulthood. Julian said it himself—if you meet ...