Chapter 42

That morning, I had an appointment with my financial manager to discuss renewing my investment.

Fifteen million dollars may not be much compared to the truly wealthy, but it's still a significant amount. The manager was happy to prepare the renewal contract for me.

With the deal done, the financial manager made some polite conversation while putting away the documents. "Ms. Middleton, your baby must be 3 months old by now, right?"

I nodded, mainly because I didn't want to share the painful loss of my baby with someone I barely knew. I didn't want to face their awkward, pitying look. I'm not the kind of person to show my wounds to others.

But then it hit me. How did this manager know about my pregnancy and the baby's approximate birth date? We had only communicated by phone and hadn't added each other on Facebook.

So I asked, "Hey, how did you know I had a baby?"

She smiled and said, "At the beginning of the year, your husband, Mr. Jennings, bought two insurance policies from my c