Women In Love

It took at least two days for Jennifer to notice the missing letters and cards wrapped in brown paper. It could only have been her father who took the package from the trunk."Dad. There was a package in the trunk. Did you happen to take it out?""Yes, yes... They were things of mine and your mother's that I wanted to keep.""They were yours and hers?""Yes, yes. I can keep them, can't I?""Of course you can."It was through her father's gaze that she noticed the despair that ran through him at that moment, and which he was trying to disguise with great effort.
The next question jumped from Jennifer's mouth because she would ask it sooner or later. She couldn't bear the mystery."You knew, didn't you?"His eyes, frightened, turned back to her."Since when, Dad? When did you find out?"The 55-year-old man swallowed hard.- Jennifer... - she whispered.- If it's so difficult for you to talk about it, then don't talk about it. Forget it!- Daughter... She went to him and sat beside him.
She took his right hand, enveloping it warmly, and said:- You can count on me, Dad.- You shouldn't have touched that, Jennifer.- It was an accident.- I know... Another pause, and the young woman commented:- I never thought that Mom, during all these years, had lived through something so... - she couldn't finish the sentence. She replaced it with another: - Since when have you known?- Oh, daughter...
For a very, very long time.- How did you react?- Out of love for your mother, Jennifer, I forgave her. Whoever truly loves forgives.- It must have been so difficult for you. To love a woman and discover that she had always been in love with another. That even... Again she interrupted what she was about to say. It happened, daughter. Please don't hold a grudge against your mother. It's not good for you or for her soul.