The Revenge of One Humiliated
Marcus comes in with me, he puts his bag down in the entrance hall, he comes up with me to see the children, he watches them sleep, peaceful, trusting, innocent, knowing nothing, understanding nothing, living only the present moment, this present that is theirs, that is ours, that is what we must protect, defend, guard, save, whatever happens, whatever we do, whatever we say, whatever we choose, and he takes my hand, he squeezes it, he holds it, he tells me, in a voice that is nothing more than a breath, a voice that says everything he hasn't said, everything he has kept to himself, everything he has carried alone, for six years, since that night when he met me, when he loved me, when I left