He gave a fragmented explanation. He recuperated in a military hospital for several months following his release. There, Margaret worked as a nurse. When he was unable to fall asleep, she stayed after her shifts and listened.He remarked, “She knew what I’d survived.”Have you told her about me?”Yes.”And?”I proposed to her after she became pregnant.
To prevent my legs from giving out, I sat down.You choose not to return, then.It wasn’t that easy.Did someone prohibit you from writing?”No.”Did you have trouble using a phone?Please, Eleanor.Respond to me.”No.”Then sending a single letter would have been rather easy.
Thomas dabbed at his eyes.I assumed you would despise me.I might have, but at least I wouldn’t have lived my entire life waiting for someone who didn’t want to return home.”
He claimed to have written letters but never sent them. I must have finally married someone else, he reasoned. It was tougher the longer he waited.He said, “I couldn’t bear to ruin the life I’d built.”
