“The arrangements are all made. Roger stopped by with this note for you,” my mother said.
I took the white envelope from her and opened it while she looked on eagerly. The simple note read:
Hear my soul speak. The very instant I saw you it did
My heart flew to your service, there it resides
To make me slave to it and for your sake
Must I be patient
~ Only Shakespeare could understand the love I have for you. ~
Yours forever,
RK
His reminder that our love was a tragedy rushed through me. How could I let him believe there was any hope of happiness for us? I returned the note to my mother. Her smile told me she didn’t understand how wrong our deceit was. How unfair it was to trap Roger in this life.
“I have never seen that man smile so much. You have made him quite happy, Blanche. I
