The Lover
A few years after I was born, my father met a strange newcomer to our small town. From the beginning, my father was fascinated with that charming newcomer and then invited her to live with us. The stranger accepted and, surprisingly, my mother did too! As I grew up, in my young mind, she already had a very special place. The Lover My mother taught me what was good and what was bad and my father taught me to obey. But the stranger was stronger, she enchanted us for hours talking about adventures and mysteries. She always had answers to anything we wanted to know. She knew everything about the past, the present, and even could predict the future! The annoying thing was that we could not disagree with her. She always had the last word! She was the one who took my family to the first football game. She made us laugh and cry. The stranger almost never stopped talking, but my father loved her. My mother, who was even jealous, told us to be quiet so we could list...