Even that surprised me.
It was such a simple question.
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But for years, no man had asked me if I was tired.
I smiled and told him I was fine.
Still, for some reason, that brief conversation stayed with me.
A few days later, Richard found a reason to contact me again. We started talking. At first briefly, then more and more often.
Three months later, Richard proposed.
My friends thought I had lost my mind.
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There were forty-one years between us, and I understood perfectly how it looked from the outside.
His children were even more hostile.
During a family dinner, his daughter Rebecca pulled me aside.
— You really think you’re going to get this house? — she whispered. — You’re getting nothing.
I said nothing.
Richard heard her.
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He simply looked calmly at his daughter and said:
— She will get exactly what she deserves.
