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My name is Brian, and I am 61 years old. My first wife di:ed eight years ago, after a protracted illness.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since then, I have lived alone in silence. My kids are all married and settled. They stop over once a month to drop off money and drugs before hurriedly leaving.<\/p>\n

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I do not blame them. They live their own lives, which I understand. However, on rainy evenings, lying there listening to the drips hitting the tin roof, I feel terribly little and alone.<\/p>\n

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Last year, while reading through Facebook, I came upon Alice, my first love from high school. I adored her back then. She had long, flowing hair, deep dark eyes, and a bright smile that could light up the entire classroom. But, just as I was preparing for my university entrance tests, her family arranged for her to marry a man in southern India who was ten years her senior.<\/p>\n

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We lost communication following that. We reconnected after forty years apart. She was now a widow; her husband had di:ed five years ago. She lived with her younger son, although he worked in another city and paid her only occasional visits.<\/p>\n

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At first, we only exchanged greetings. Then we began calling. Then came the coffee meetings. And, without realizing it, I was riding my scooter to her house every few days, carrying a small basket of fruit, some candies, and a few joint pain tablets.<\/p>\n

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One day, half-joking, I said:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2013 \u201cWhat if we two old souls get married?\u201d Wouldn\u2019t that relieve the loneliness?\u201d<\/p>\n

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To my amazement, her eyes got red. I stumbled, attempting to explain it was a joke, but she smiled softly and nodded.<\/p>\n

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And just like that, at 61, I remarried \u2014 to my first love.<\/p>\n

On our wedding day, I wore a dark maroon sherwani. She wore a simple cream silk saree. Her hair was neatly tied back, decorated with a tiny pearl pin. Friends and neighbors came to celebrate. Everyone said, \u201cYou both look like young lovers again.\u201d<\/p>\n

And I honestly felt young. It was past 10 p.m. that night when I finished cleaning up the feast. I poured her a warm drink of milk and went about locking the front gate and turning out the porch lights.<\/p>\n

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Our wedding night, which I never believed would happen in my old age, has finally arrived.<\/p>\n

I froze as I slowly removed her blouse.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Her back, shoulders, and arms were discolored and crisscrossed with old scars, like a terrible map. I stood motionless, my heart aching.<\/p>\n

She quickly put a blanket over herself, her eyes wide with fright. I trembled and asked:<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cMeena\u2026\u201d \u201cWhat happened to you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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She turned away, her voice choked.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cHe used to have a bad temper.\u201d He\u2019d yell and strike me\u2026 \u201cI never told anybody\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

I sat down alongside her, tears welling in my eyes. My heart aches for her. For decades, she had lived in quiet \u2013 in dread and shame \u2014 never telling anybody. I grabbed for her hand and softly placed it over my heart.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s fine now.\u201d Nobody will hurt you again starting now. \u201cNo one has the right to make you suffer anymore\u2026except me\u2014but only because I love you too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

She burst into silent, trembling tears that rang around the room.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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I held her tight. Her spine was frail, and her bones protruded slightly \u2013 this petite woman had experienced a lifetime of silence and agony.<\/p>\n

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Our wedding night was unlike those of younger couples. We just lay beside each other, listening to the crickets chirping in the courtyard and the wind rustling through the trees. I stroked her hair and kissed her forehead. She stroked my cheek and whispered:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Thank you. Thank you for showing me that there is still someone in this world who cares about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I smiled. At the age of 61, I realized that money and youth\u2019s unbridled emotions are not the source of happiness. It\u2019s having a hand to hold, a shoulder to depend on, and someone who will sit by your side all night just to feel your pulse.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow will arrive. Who knows how many days I have remaining? But one thing is certain: for the rest of her life, I will make up for what she has lost. I\u2019ll cherish her. I will safeguard her, so she will never have to worry about anything again.<\/p>\n

Because this wedding night \u2014 after half a century of longing, squandered opportunities, and waiting \u2014 is the greatest present life has ever given to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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