There was one final page.
The handwriting was shakier than the rest.
"Dear James, there is something else I owe you. When you told me you loved me, I believed you. I still do."
"But I sometimes wondered whether the love you felt was different from the love you thought you were offering."
"You told me nobody had ever taken you seriously. You were surprised when I remembered things you said. You looked astonished when I asked about your day."
"Those things should never have been extraordinary. Perhaps you weren't searching for a wife as much as someone who would listen, someone who would be proud of you, someone who would make you feel safe."
"Perhaps you were looking for a mother's love."
- A Woman Lost Her Husband and Was Left with Their Six Children – At His Funeral, a Teenage Boy She Didn't Know Handed Her an Envelope and Said, 'Your Husband Asked Me to Make Sure You Got This'
- Mother-in-Law Sold Son's Wife's Jewelry to Pay Her Other Son's Debt – DIL's Revenge Went Beyond Calling the Police
- My Sister Framed Me So Our Grandmother Wouldn't Leave Me Any Inheritance – A Surprise Was Waiting for Her at the Will Reading
I stopped reading.
