Forget me never...

Letter 35

My dear Patty,

It was a real pleasure to see you over the Christmas Holidays, but it was sad that you couldn't stay until the New Year's party. The picture of the three of us with short hair is very pretty. I am sending you a copy.

This year as you know, I have accompanied Annie and Archie to New York. We had a lot of fun in many different celebrations. In one of these receptions, we met Eleonor Baker, Terry's mother. She was so kind and so happy to see me! I learned by her the reason of Terry's silence. He is not in America, but in England with his father during his mourning period. The other reason is evidently the fact that he is still mourning the loss of his wife. So all I have to do is wait until he comes back to America and contacts me. Eleonor promised me to keep me updated on the situation. She will let me know when Terry is back in America. Because if he doesn't contact me, I will go and see him to speak to him about Anthony-William. I don't know how he will react to that. He will surely be very mad at me, but I think that he will finally understand why I had to keep silent. I don't want to tell anything to Anthony-William so he doesn't get too excited.

And you, how are you? Have you chosen a wedding date? I will want to go to Florida for the occasion. I did go there years ago just before being in New York for the Premiere of «Romeo and Juliet» where I met Karen Kleis, who spent her time storming against Susanna and Terry who had obtained the first roles. She had even told me that all the actors who played «Romeo and Juliet» ended up married in real life. That Robert Hathaway had married the actress who had played the «Juliet» to his «Romeo»... She had no idea how much this conversation was hard for me... Then she left hurriedly in the middle of the night... it was when the accident had happened and Robert Hathaway had made her come back in emergency to play the role of Juliet but at that time, I didn't know about the accident. I remember when I arrived in New York, I saw the «Romeo and Juliet» poster in Terry's room, you know like the one you brought back from Pittsburgh? But instead of being Susanna Marlowe, it said «Karen Kleis». I remember telling Terry that I was a bit surprised but happy that it was Karen and not Susanna Marlowe, beacause I was a bit jealous. I recall Terry had remained silent. « Be careful what you wish for ». He must have found me cold-hearted, but I didn't know that she was in the hospital after having lost her leg. And Karen's prophecy happened... Terry did marry Susanna Marlowe, the actress with whom he repeated Juliet until the terrible accident...

So, now I only have to wait until Terry's mourning period has passed... And please hurry to pick a date for your wedding and letting us know!

Take good care of yourself,

Candy