Chapter 0723

“I’m going to ask you something you probably won’t like, but I’m curious to know.”

“Go ahead…”

“What’s your relationship with Mrs. Bartz?”

Peter stopped looking at the doctor and turned back to the window. A faint smile crossed his face as he caught sight of Mary through the glass.

“She’s my past… She’s a wonderful woman, one I’ve loved with all my heart. But if there’s one thing I’ve come to understand, it’s that it’s time to let her go. At first, my heart clung to her, even though I knew there was no hope. Loving someone who doesn’t love you back is like they say It’s like holding a rose with thorns. It’s beautiful, but the pain is sharp.“”

“Can you explain what those words mean? Who was she to you?”

“Twenty years ago, I was going to marry her. But back then her name wasn’t Valerie–it was Mary. Do you remember that?”

I can’t discuss her with you. I only asked because you

were a happy couple until I had a terrible accident. I was presumed dead, though obviously, I survived. For various reasons, she ended up returning to Hesperia, and we lost track of each other for twenty years. She moved on with her life, and I don’t blame her.

still

when I was 27. At first, she seemed simple, unremarkable. Honestly, I never would have noticed her. But

upset or scared. She was only 18, and I

life. I liked knowing I wasn’t alone anymore. She slowly let me into her world. I went with her to her performances, her

we almost took things further. We shared a

her. Truly loved her. My life without her felt empty. And slowly, I realized that the life of excess

you stay with

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the weight

“What?”

was utterly captivated by her. But after a

her to be my girlfriend, I ended up leaving with a beautiful woman–long legs, red hair–Alden’s mother. I spent the night with her.

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