Erik
I could tell that she wasn’t with me. That she was confused, so I repeated myself. I needed her to understand.
“In other words, if we stayed married, Naomi, then it would have meant we were happy together. That we had fallen in love…my father would have simply accepted it because we had found happiness together, ok? Are you with me?”
“Eighteen months…ok?”
“Yes, eighteen months,”
“But you divorced me after thirteen,”
“I did, and I’ll explain why in a minute. What I want is for you to understand the terms of the contract,”
“Ok, I do…but let’s say we had fallen in love. Let’s say we did have a child together…your father would just have accepted it…ok, I understand, but what about my father?”
“Then things would have just continued as they were. Your father would still be happily g
