Creative Writing: The Princess Bride

It is with deep regret and a very heavy heart that I write you. The lady you knew as Melinda Jenning passed away September 20. She was surrounded by her family and was not in pain. I promised Mel that I would make contact with you and am doing this against my better judgment. I am sorry for not passing this news on sooner but with the funeral and what we have been through in the last 18 months, you were not at the top of my list. Melinda and I had our differences and more than a few disagreements over the years but she was more than just a sister in-law to me, she was my friend. It is because of that friendship I am contacting you. If our correspondence cannot remain civil, I will terminate all communication with you very quickly. Lynette …show more content…
It Abby wishing me a Happy Father's Day. I already know that she is the only one of the 3 we raised that will call today. Abby shows up every Father's Day fairly early in the morning and we watch the The Princess Bride. Abby and I have been watching The Princess Bride since it came out. If either of the other two call today, it will be because they need money. When I met Lynette, I fell in love with both of those girls. I was angry at you for a number of years despite Ette's insistence that you were a good man. What kind of man leaves two beautiful girls alone to fend for themselves? I wanted you to suffer. Ette constantly stood up for you but would never tell me what really happened between you two. She said that you two were never in love but just friends who went too far. She said you had already suffered enough. She said you were both victims of life's circumstances and she would start crying so I never pushed much past that point. She asked me to not be angry and to trust her. Three of us knew about this and I was the only one to speak up saying that you needed to be told. This was a fairly heated debate and I lost. Now, all these years later, I never once imagined that I'd be the one left to take the heat. I am a little fearful that if Abby finds out now, I will be blamed when I was the one against …show more content…
I am sorry for your loss. I'm not sure I would have understood how much that hurts until this last 18-20 months. I had time to prepare for the deaths of three people I love, always holding out a little hope. I do understand now. How much worse it would be to lose your small family in the blink of an eye? I cannot imagine. To find myself suddenly alone is an incredibly painful shock. In that respect, I do not envy you but you were the only other man in Lynette's life and she didn't hate you. She has never once spoke an ill word of you. I'm not certain but I think you held a place in Ette's heart that no one else was ever going to get close to. Ette and I had a great marriage but that always ate at me a little. Maybe it still does. It was only after talking to Mel in detail about this that I learned that was you in the picture with Ette's best friend Laura. I walked right by your picture daily and never figured it out. I always felt like Ette was keeping something from me and I never understood why until Mel told me. I do see some of the resemblance Mel and Ette would mention from time to time over the years. There has been a time or two that I noticed Abby looking at the picture but she has never said anything to me about it. Mel put that picture in Ette's casket. You also married a woman with children so you'll maybe understand what I'm saying. I know you also raised a several kids and I know a couple of them belong to