Chapter 12 - Alessandra refuses to see me
This was the part I had not imagined.
I thought:
Alive means reunion.
It did not.
Mara told me:
“Alessandra knows you know.”
“When do I see her?”
“She has not agreed.”
I stared.
“What?”
“She is not ready.”
“She sent me our daughter.”
“Yes.”
“I buried her.”
“I know.”
“She let me believe she was dead.”
Mara’s voice stayed calm.
“She was recovering from severe injuries while cooperating in a violent-crime investigation.”
“I am her husband.”
“That does not eliminate her right to decide contact.”
I hated her for being correct.
Then she handed me a letter.
Alessandra’s handwriting.
Dominic,
If you are reading this, then the secret failed. Maybe that is good. Maybe it is dangerous. I don’t know yet.
I did not stay away because I stopped loving you. I stayed away because I could not tell whether loving you made me safe or visible.
I stopped reading.
May you like
Could not continue.
Not yet.
