My Dying Wife Asked Me to Find My First Love as Her Final Wish—When Claire Told Me Why, My Knees Nearly Gave Out

People can be deeply loved and still capable of terrible selfishness.

Uncomfortable.

Real.

PART 40 — I READ THE FAKE LETTER AGAIN

Margaret had kept a copy.

That shocked me.

Not the original she slipped under my door.

A handwritten draft tucked into an early journal.

I read it.

Claire’s supposed rejection.