Three days before my wife died, she grabbed my hand and said, “Seek your first love… and please forgive me.” After 36 years of marriage, I was not prepared to discover what I had done

But his eyes were exactly the same.

He stared at me for several seconds.

—Robert…

I nodded.

Then I told him about Linda.

I told him he was dead.

And I explained to him the strange final request he had made to me.

Susan’s expression changed the instant she heard Linda’s name.

For several seconds, he said nothing.

Then he took a deep breath.

“I think I know why he asked you to look for me.

My heart began to beat strongly.

“What do you mean?

Susan looked me straight in the eye.

“Many years ago, I went to get you.

I was paralyzed.

What?

She continued.

I went to your house. But you weren’t.

He paused.

“Linda was.

I felt a frosty wave going through my whole body.

Susan opened the door more.

“Robert… there’s something you don’t know. And I think Linda waited almost forty years before finally gathering the courage to tell you.