He turned to her mother. “If it’s alright, I’d like to set up a trust in her name. She deserves every opportunity.”
Her mother covered her mouth. “Why? Why would you do that for us?”
He looked at them with glassy eyes. “Because someone once did it for me.”
After tea, he walked Tasha to the rose garden alone.
“Can I tell you a secret?” he asked.
She nodded.
