WALLY'S DOWNFALL

"A month after we found out I was pregnant, I had a miscarriage. The doctor said the stress of running the business while pregnant had taken its toll. When Wally learned the news, he was devastated. And I...I couldn't work anymore. I did some charity work, but Wally continued to run the Sky Cafe. But I knew he was hurting.”

“He tried so hard to keep a smile on his face around you, Althea. He cared for you so much, like a daughter. He'd say, 'Althea's too smart. I can't let her see that I'm sad, or she'll be sad too,'” Mrs. Walter continued, a faint smile tugging at the corners of her mouth at the memory. "He tried to keep going, to be there for you and the business, but it was like a part of him had died with that pregnancy. He wasn't the same man anymore."

Althea looked at Adam, her eyes wide with shock and sorrow. She hadn't known any of this. She had no idea how much Wally had suffered or how much he'd cared for her.

"So he lied to me," Althea said, her voice shaking with disbelief.