Our decades of marriage had been calm. We rarely argued and we treated each other with distant respect as though we were guests in each other’s lives.
I loved her deeply, wholeheartedly.
She loved me, too, in her way, but I felt like there was an invisible wall between us.
Over the years, she kept her silence and never showed anything strange. It was not until I saw the will that I understood the truth.
I finally knew that the invisible wall was Wanda's first love, Luigi Collins.
I vaguely remembered when I helped her out of her wedding dress on our wedding night, she cried.
I had thought it was because of the bittersweet sadness and melancholy of a young bride.
Looking back now, I realized those tears must have been for Luigi Collins and the words he had left her with.
In her best years, she did not marry the man she truly loved. I had to say that this kind of regret was one of life’s greatest sorrows.
And now, as her life drew closer to its end, she refused to carry that regret to her grave. That was why she made the will, to ensure she could rest beside Luigi Collins in death.