We drove in silence, my grandmother clutching the letter like it might suddenly explain itself. Her voice trembled as she confessed the fears she’d never dared to name: that the flowers might have been disguising a betrayal, that devotion could coexist with a hidden life. At the cottage, Ruby’s kind eyes and gentle voice guided us to the backyard, where doubt dissolved at the garden gate. Acres of color unfolded: roses, tulips, wildflowers, each bed laid out with deliberate care. Ruby told us he’d spent years building it, planning for a future he knew he wouldn’t see, determined that the flowers would outlive his body. My grandmother crumpled to the ground, not from heartbreak this time, but from the unbearable tenderness of being loved so thoroughly. Now, every Saturday, she walks those rows, clipping stems, bringing his promise home again.
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