A Doctor Married His Dying Patient—But After Her Funeral, Her Sister Gave Him a Box and Said, “She Wanted You to Open This Only After She Was Gone.”

I left believing I’d done a good thing.

Two days later, Alicia died.

At her funeral, I felt unsure of where I belonged among the people who had loved her all their lives.

As I walked toward my car, Nora hurried over with a sealed box.

“She wanted you to have this after she was gone.”

Inside was a lawyer’s letter explaining that Alicia had left me her share of her grandmother’s inheritance.

The money was enough to pay off every student loan I owed.

I stared at the amount in disbelief.

Then Nora saw the letter.

“What the hell? She left you Grandma’s money?”

“I didn’t know about this. I swear.”

“Then why did you marry her?”

“It wasn’t romantic. You knew that.”