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Authors: Unknown
It was a blessing when the Lord released her from him. I loved
her very much and when you love somebody truly, anything that
brought her happiness is wonderful to contemplate. I think that
so many people who love, only love themselves and therefore
resent anything that brings happiness to their lover which was
not instigated by themselves.”
I looked at this man and felt a marvelous sense of
admiration. I thought of what he said and how true it was. Most
people don’t know what loving someone is all about.
“Albert,” I said, “I can’t tell you how much I appreciate
what you just said. First of all, I’m relieved that you don’t
hate me and second of all, I appreciate the wonderful piece of
philosophy you have expounded. I’m awed by it and would love to
be your friend. I think that there are still things to learn
about life and how to live it that you could teach me.”
After that lunch, Albert and I were fast friends until he
passed away in 1994. I cried at his funeral almost as hard as I
had at Ann Maries’.
***
I spent my spare time in the summer playing golf and
tennis and writing pieces for magazines.
In 1990, we decided to sell our house and move to Florida.
We bought a home on the intracoastal and a boat. Julie and I
became closer as we got older. The thought of another woman in
my life was totally out of the question. I spent my time
golfing, fishing and writing. We found as much culture in
Florida as we had in New York. We had theater, opera and our
choice of about twenty movie theaters. We socialized often and
joined a country club so that I could play my beloved golf. When
my children, each in turn, moved to Florida, I was totally
content. Robin was a pediatrician, Andrew a lawyer and Gary,
after a short try at minor league baseball was attending college
locally and had his own apartment. Robin and Andrew were married
and each had two children. I had two grandsons and two
granddaughters to further joyfully occupy my time. Every once in
a while, I looked at a woman and imagined what she would have
been like as a mistress but it never went further.
One day in 1993, I decided that it would be great fun to
track down some of the people I had met during that five month
odyssey in 1985, so I set to work tracking them down. I used a
computer program with telephone numbers all over the country and
several sources I knew through business. It took me two years,
but I tracked most of them down.
Laura Morrissey married a New York City fireman soon after
breaking up with me. The marriage lasted for two years and broke
up because of incompatibility. She quit her job in the large law
office in New York and took a job with a small law firm in
Queens. I actually spoke to her at one point and she told me she
often thinks of me and wondered what had become of me. With her
children in their teens, she decided to move to Boulder, Colorado
and has started a new life. She works as a secretary at the
University of Colorado.
Jane Brubaker returned to Michigan, at first heart broken
over the end of her love affair with me. At that time, she felt
her world was falling apart but soon realized that she had been
rescued from the depths and went on with her life with only good
thoughts of what went on between us. She is, at present, a music
teacher in her home town and is married to a high school teacher
and has two children of her own. She had often thought of trying
to contact me but decided just to consider me a pleasant memory.
Dr. Chen Lee reached the depths of despair after finding
out the truth about me. She was treated by a psychiatrist in
London for severe depression and spent a year in a private
sanatorium. She was embittered by the episode and for five years
kept away from all men. In 1993 she met a physician of Chinese
descent and they were married in 1994. According to the
Dinsmores, when she thinks of me, she does so with extreme
animosity.
Yvonne Metrier continued to pursue a successful career in
architecture throughout Europe. She and her husband were
divorced in 1989, when he met and ran off with a young student.
She took this setback with no bitterness and continued to dally
with men during her travels. In 1990, she was severely beaten in
one of these encounters and changed her ways. She met and
married a fellow architect ten years younger than she. They live
in a town in the hills above the Cote D’Azur.
Semyon Gorodetsky lost his position when the Soviet Union
came apart. He ran and successfully won, a seat in Russia’s
parliament and is a strong ally of Boris Yeltsin. In nineteen
ninety two he visited the United Nations in New York and actually
made contact with me. We had a few drinks and laughed a lot but
in no way approached the debauchery of our last meeting. We
often write to each other and a strong international friendship
has been forged.
Don and Marie Wetzel broke up their marriage in 1990. The
AIDS scare made it difficult for them to be promiscuous with many
same-sex partners. Each finally selected one partner and moved
in with them. They still are very friendly and love each other.
They meet for dinner once a week and seem to be happy with their
new partners.
Scott Cleary became extremely successful in aeronautics
and is an executive with a large aerospace company. He and
Adelaide Loomer broke up soon after their ski trip. He has been
happily married since 1989. He and his wife have two children.
Adelaide Loomer met a fashion designer in New York and
moved to Los Angeles, where they married. They lived in Los
Angeles for five years and finally were divorced. They had no
children. She moved back to New York City and is a computer
consultant.
Maude Blaney is managing editor of a major tabloid in
England. Her affair with the Italian auto magnate ended in 1986.
She is married to an important minister in John Major’s
government. They have one child.
Julie Boyd is very happy. She has a husband that is
content to stay home and enjoy his life and family and has a good
life. Most bad memories of 1985 have faded and her disposition
has mellowed with age.
Last but not least. Me. Robert Boyd. I feel that I
lived a fantasy most men would die for and literally got away
with it. I still miss Ann Marie and I still feel a great deal of
guilt over Lee. I know I can never make it up to her so I try to
block it out of my mind. It seems that no one else in my path
suffered permanent damage. My kids seem to have forgotten my
indiscretions and all have a great relationship with dad.
By the way. This time I parred the hole. It just goes to
show you. If you don’t run away, anything’s possible.