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408 Cecelia AhernLonelyLady:Buttercup:Wildflower:SureOne:LonelyLady:Buttercup:LonelyLady:Buttercup:Wildflower:Buttercup:Wildflower:Buttercup:LonelyLady:Buttercup:Oooh, what did he say in the letter?Here’s the tough part. He said he loved me.Whooooah!Oh. My. God.No! So where did you find the letter?What’s-his-name returned it to me. He “didn’t want to be thecause of my loneliness anymore,” he said.He had kept it all these years?Why he would keep it all these years I have no idea. I haven’tquite figured that out yet. Although I never truly figured himout at all while I was married to him. I can’t really think anythingnow, I’m in so much shock.So have you spoken to Alex?How can I speak to him, Wildflower? Knowing what I know,how can I even think of him?Very easily I would imagine. He’s just told you that he lovesyou!No LonelyLady, he told me over 10 years ago that he lovedme. Before he got married, before he had Theo. I justcouldn’t bring myself to talk to him. He’s been writing andphoning but the thought of that missed opportunity makesme so sick to the stomach that I can’t respond to his messages.But you have to tell him, you know!I was going to. I was half fearful, half excited. I was going toring him on the phone and say it to him casually at first totest the waters and see how he felt and then go a bit further.But that morning his annual Christmas card arrived in thepost box. With the photo of his wife and two sons on thecover of the card, all wearing colorful knitted Christmasjumpers, Theo with his two front teeth gone, Josh with hisbeaming smile just like his dad. Bethany hand in hand withAlex. And I couldn’t tell him. What would he care now anyway?