He Loved Me in Secret, Until I Became Someone He Could Never Have novel · Chapter 32 of 32
Chapter 32: Opening Day
I sat down on the edge of the berth in Dario's shirt and broke the seal.
Ennio walked a polite distance down the pier and studied a gull.
There was one page inside.
It had taken my father a long time to write.
I could see it in every letter.
Some words had been started twice.
Nata.
The summer you finished college, the boy came to my office at the bank.
He had his good suit on.
His hands were shaking.
He asked me if he could court you.
I said no.
Not while he held a seat, and not while his father was his father.
He said, then I'll wait until I can stand up.
He came to my stoop every Sunday after that, and asked how you were, and never once asked for you again.
I should have told you.
I should have told you about the slips too.
I kept my secrets for the same reason he kept his.
We were both wrong.
You keep the book for the peace.
You married for you.
That is the right order.
Papa.
I read it twice.
Then I folded it along its creases and held it against my knees and looked at the water for a while.
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