But Richard never demanded anything.
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Every morning, he’d ask,
“How are you today, Nora? Do you need anything?”
“I’m fine,” I’d always answer.
He never believed me.
And strangely, he never pushed.
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What surprised me most was how much Richard loved Emily.
He spent hours playing with her.
I would walk into a room and find a wealthy 72-year-old man crawling across the carpet while my daughter rode on his back, pretending he was a horse.
Sometimes he’d sit at her tiny table and drink imaginary tea from a plastic cup.