“I’m sorry your father is upset,” I said.
“I don’t think he is, really. This is your first meeting and it’s not so unusual to come up against difficulties.” She looked in my eyes as if revealing a secret. “My father … He suffers from high blood pressure and has heart palpitations. The doctor advised him to avoid tension.”
“I see. I’m sorry, I don’t want to cause any problems.”
“On the contrary. He’s going through a hard time and perhaps his engagement with the novel will help him get over it.” I wondered what hard time her father was going through. Just his health or something between him and his wife?
“For months we’ve been talking about doing this novel. I convinced him to enjoy this experiment. He’ll tell you his life story and you’ll write it. I don’t want the novel to be, you know
