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.And why didn’t he tell me he was married?”“Well, whatever way you turn it, there’s simply no excuse for what Nico did.” Susan sounded angry.“Let’s face it.He’s an adulterer and most likely a bigamist.I’m sorry, Anna, I don’t mean to hurt you.” Susan put her arm around Anna.Anna shook her head.“You couldn’t hurt me any more than Nico already did.No matter what the real truth is, one thing is for sure.He betrayed me.He’s been lying to me for years.How can I ever trust him again?” Anna’s voice broke.Chapter 28It was two o’clock in the morning.The leaves on the two birches in the front yard shimmered in the diffuse light of an almost-full moon.Anna had woken up after a few hours of restless sleep.Like the nights before, the first thought after waking up was of Nico.Unwilling to face the harsh light of reality, she turned over.The tears soaking into the pillow and the pain in her chest, however, kept sleep at bay.Anna got up and sat down in the easy chair next to the window.She wrapped her robe tight around her, longing for warmth.This was the third night after the shocking discovery.Anna had spent hours in front of the window, trying to come to terms with her broken life.How could she have been so blind? It was almost impossible to believe.The man with whom she had had a close and intimate relationship for years had become a complete stranger overnight.Was there any kind of justification for Nico’s actions, anything she could understand and perhaps forgive? Or had he simply used her all these years to be able to stay in the United States? It was just not possible.Not even the best actor in the world could have faked the kind of love and passion she had felt in him.Sure, there had been times when he had been moody or distant.They had had their disagreements, but that happened in every relationship.Nothing she could remember would have pointed to the fact that her husband had lived a secret double life.And now? What was going to happen now? Anna stared out the window.The trees in the front yard slowly came into focus in the hazy gray of dawn.Soon, patches of crimson, orange, and purple would begin to show behind the buildings, the vibrant colors of a sunrise in a smog-filled city.Was there any hope left for them? In between fits of rage and despair, there were moments where she longed for Nico with all her heart.She still loved him.If he told her it was her he really loved, if he decided to get a divorce from his first wife, she thought she would be able to forgive him.She would even welcome his children.Anna loved children and she would love Nico’s children.They could stay with them during vacation and—Anna shook her head.The moments of hope were drowned by doubts and misery again.How could she have any expectations? Nico wasn’t someone she knew anymore.She was doomed to wait and the waiting was almost unbearable.All of a sudden, she felt completely exhausted.She slipped off her robe and went back to bed, falling asleep almost instantly.In her dream, she was walking through a forest, feeling Nico’s arm around her.She tried to turn around and look at him, but for some reason she wasn’t able to move her head sideways.She was forced to walk ahead, assuming it was Nico behind her.There was a terrible noise, as if someone was felling trees.She shot up in bed.The room was bathed in full sunlight.She looked at her watch.It was eleven o’clock in the morning.Someone was knocking at her door.“Yes,” she said.She was still half asleep.Her voice sounded hoarse.“Anna.” Susan opened the door.Her face was pale.“Anna.The news.”“What is it?” Anna stared at Susan’s terror-stricken face.“Oh, Anna.” Susan sat down on the bed and put her arm around her.“What’s the matter?” Anna yelled.She jumped out of bed and held on to the headboard, feeling dizzy.“Are you sure Nico was supposed to come on today’s flight?”“Yes.Why?”“Anna, I don’t want to scare you.Maybe there is more than one flight per day.”Anna was filled with dread.“No, there’s only one a day with that particular airline.”“Anna.” Susan held her tight.“The plane from Mexico went down.They just announced it on the news.They don’t think there were any survivors.”Anna slowly emerged from the darkness.She was lying on the bed.Susan sat next to her, stroking her forehead and her hair.“Anna?”Anna tried to sit up.Susan held her down.“Just relax.You fainted.George called the doctor.”Anna shook her head.“I don’t need a doctor.” She sat up and began to tremble violently.Susan held her.“Yes, you do.”The following few days were a blur of events.Anna lived through them barely conscious.She felt strangely removed from all the action around her.Her tear ducts seemed to have dried out.She couldn’t cry, she wasn’t able to think clearly.There was a constant pain in her chest and she occasionally wondered if she had one of those silent heart attacks she had read about.There were visits and phone calls from airline representatives, calls and visits from friends who had heard, a call from Nico’s employer, and calls from people from the Guadalajara office.Susan and George answered most of the calls and said that Anna would call back as soon as she was able to.Anna called her mother in Switzerland.Her mother wanted to fly to New York right away but Anna told her not to.Her mother was a good person but rather bossy and domineering and she would be completely outraged at Nico’s double life [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.And why didn’t he tell me he was married?”“Well, whatever way you turn it, there’s simply no excuse for what Nico did.” Susan sounded angry.“Let’s face it.He’s an adulterer and most likely a bigamist.I’m sorry, Anna, I don’t mean to hurt you.” Susan put her arm around Anna.Anna shook her head.“You couldn’t hurt me any more than Nico already did.No matter what the real truth is, one thing is for sure.He betrayed me.He’s been lying to me for years.How can I ever trust him again?” Anna’s voice broke.Chapter 28It was two o’clock in the morning.The leaves on the two birches in the front yard shimmered in the diffuse light of an almost-full moon.Anna had woken up after a few hours of restless sleep.Like the nights before, the first thought after waking up was of Nico.Unwilling to face the harsh light of reality, she turned over.The tears soaking into the pillow and the pain in her chest, however, kept sleep at bay.Anna got up and sat down in the easy chair next to the window.She wrapped her robe tight around her, longing for warmth.This was the third night after the shocking discovery.Anna had spent hours in front of the window, trying to come to terms with her broken life.How could she have been so blind? It was almost impossible to believe.The man with whom she had had a close and intimate relationship for years had become a complete stranger overnight.Was there any kind of justification for Nico’s actions, anything she could understand and perhaps forgive? Or had he simply used her all these years to be able to stay in the United States? It was just not possible.Not even the best actor in the world could have faked the kind of love and passion she had felt in him.Sure, there had been times when he had been moody or distant.They had had their disagreements, but that happened in every relationship.Nothing she could remember would have pointed to the fact that her husband had lived a secret double life.And now? What was going to happen now? Anna stared out the window.The trees in the front yard slowly came into focus in the hazy gray of dawn.Soon, patches of crimson, orange, and purple would begin to show behind the buildings, the vibrant colors of a sunrise in a smog-filled city.Was there any hope left for them? In between fits of rage and despair, there were moments where she longed for Nico with all her heart.She still loved him.If he told her it was her he really loved, if he decided to get a divorce from his first wife, she thought she would be able to forgive him.She would even welcome his children.Anna loved children and she would love Nico’s children.They could stay with them during vacation and—Anna shook her head.The moments of hope were drowned by doubts and misery again.How could she have any expectations? Nico wasn’t someone she knew anymore.She was doomed to wait and the waiting was almost unbearable.All of a sudden, she felt completely exhausted.She slipped off her robe and went back to bed, falling asleep almost instantly.In her dream, she was walking through a forest, feeling Nico’s arm around her.She tried to turn around and look at him, but for some reason she wasn’t able to move her head sideways.She was forced to walk ahead, assuming it was Nico behind her.There was a terrible noise, as if someone was felling trees.She shot up in bed.The room was bathed in full sunlight.She looked at her watch.It was eleven o’clock in the morning.Someone was knocking at her door.“Yes,” she said.She was still half asleep.Her voice sounded hoarse.“Anna.” Susan opened the door.Her face was pale.“Anna.The news.”“What is it?” Anna stared at Susan’s terror-stricken face.“Oh, Anna.” Susan sat down on the bed and put her arm around her.“What’s the matter?” Anna yelled.She jumped out of bed and held on to the headboard, feeling dizzy.“Are you sure Nico was supposed to come on today’s flight?”“Yes.Why?”“Anna, I don’t want to scare you.Maybe there is more than one flight per day.”Anna was filled with dread.“No, there’s only one a day with that particular airline.”“Anna.” Susan held her tight.“The plane from Mexico went down.They just announced it on the news.They don’t think there were any survivors.”Anna slowly emerged from the darkness.She was lying on the bed.Susan sat next to her, stroking her forehead and her hair.“Anna?”Anna tried to sit up.Susan held her down.“Just relax.You fainted.George called the doctor.”Anna shook her head.“I don’t need a doctor.” She sat up and began to tremble violently.Susan held her.“Yes, you do.”The following few days were a blur of events.Anna lived through them barely conscious.She felt strangely removed from all the action around her.Her tear ducts seemed to have dried out.She couldn’t cry, she wasn’t able to think clearly.There was a constant pain in her chest and she occasionally wondered if she had one of those silent heart attacks she had read about.There were visits and phone calls from airline representatives, calls and visits from friends who had heard, a call from Nico’s employer, and calls from people from the Guadalajara office.Susan and George answered most of the calls and said that Anna would call back as soon as she was able to.Anna called her mother in Switzerland.Her mother wanted to fly to New York right away but Anna told her not to.Her mother was a good person but rather bossy and domineering and she would be completely outraged at Nico’s double life [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]