Chapter 276: Family, Part 9, Five Years Ago

Chad

“Mrs Collier should know. She fostered her. And she might have spoken to Mr Kalkowski.”

“Mr Kalkowski?”

“Her old teacher. She really loves that old man, and trusts him too. He was the one that persuaded her to try for University.” He sits forward. “Sir, Mr Kalkowski is very old. He looks ill. If…. When… you see Jenny, please tell her that…. Tell her that if she is going to write to him, or visit him, I think she needs to make it soon.”

The lawyer considers the young man before him, earnest, apparently sincere. “Mr Bennett, what is the nature of your continued interest in your estranged wife?”

“Oh, God.” Chad swipes a hand through his hair. “It was my fault. It was all my fault. I just want to put things right for her. To see that Jenny has a fair chance at her new life.” He looks the lawyer in the face. “Honestly, that’s all I want.”