A letter

Hunter was to his table of writer and he was thinking to his romance mystery, and he gone to episode when protagonist have to write a letter to his lover, he didn’t marry and he, certainly, has had this intention, because he was madly fail in love to a woman, that has a problem, she was married to a rich man, entrepreneur that neglected hers, but on the other hand he was very much rich; therefore she has a lovers, Hunter that was a teacher and he taught literature and history, but certainly he can’t keeps the habit of Laura, this is name of woman; and during very much meets together, in hotels and always secretly, she has said one million of times that she wanted marry him; because she want a different life, and to this opinion he usually answered: “Certainly, you are very boring of money, cars and vacations, and a villa in Florida and one in California, and other, because you want hunger, poverty, and misery; certainly it is very important to you”. Therefore she tough these words and she understood that he was right. Hunter, aware that he could not give these standard of living to Laura, he decided to write a letter to hers and he want confess that their love was ended, because he hasn’t money to hers and hers life, and other while was he has tough, this is that she would be fail in love to other man, may rich or no, but certainly more young than Hunter, and he won’t worry, then this feeling he want break. He took a paper and a pen and he was standing begin to write, when he heard bell that sounds, he wait a second and he tough that was Laura; but it was husband of Laura’s. Husband known Hunter since elementary schools, they were neighbors, sons of worker, but James,  this is name, was become a genius of finance on stead Hunter was busy always in library, always, and twice were graduates but about one to literature and history and other to economy and business.  Hunter opened the door and he seen James very sad, thereupon Hunter asked: “James what’s happen to you?”, he answered: “Hunter I need of aid and now alone you can give me it”, Hunter accompanied him in room and he invited to seat, and he asked what is cause, because about business he didn’t know nothing. James therefore told about his problem, and it was that he failed in love to his secretary, and woman of same age of Laura and certainly not more beauty, but pleasant, and he has begun a feeling since a year, but Laura no didn’t have to know anything. Hunter seen him and given a drink to James, Hunter didn’t drink except cola, the, and water; James asked what he could make; and Hunter slyly asked: “Are you sure that she hasn’t a lover?”, James denied strongly it, and said: “ No certainly! She is very serious woman and she would renounce to richness and other to a lover, a type, excuse me, a teacher to salary and very modest wallet, and I know Laura, she has had feeling but very short, a month, or two months, and after nothing”; while James is telling these flirts, he was happy and worry, because his flirt to Laura was a year, and he has felt very grateful because may it was truly flirt. James seen the clock and he said: “Hunter you are very friend, to you I can always confess everything because you are very my friend, other has asked favors and after they are disappeared, very assholes, instead to you I can say and confess all, thank you; last confession, if you was lovers Laura’s I would be happy”, and got out. James ecstatic because therefore he could tell to James the truth, he took same paper and same pen on the table, and he begun to write this letter: “Dear and precious Laura” but a doubt about form, he though: “No, precious no, it seems that we are married”, he deleted adjective precious, and he kept dear, but he tough: “dear is formal, very formal, may esquire, may it can very right”, but some second after: “No, formal, it seems a letter to President, may Dante Alighieri can aid me; a vocative Guido I would like that you Lapo and me were took to incant and set on board…”, but he remembered that Laura was very beautiful than cultured, but certainly didn’t know Alighieri and poetry, she was beautiful than intelligent; therefore, neither Dante; then Ovid, Ars amandi, it is perfect: “Si quis in hoc artem populo non novit amandi…”, but other think: “She doesn’t Latin language”, and so three hours among a few thousand of thinks, until he heard bell sounds, he opened the door and he seen James that was very happy, and he noted that Hunter was sad and worry he then asked: “Excuse me but I forgotten my glass” and asked: “What’s Hunt?”, he seen strongly James and, on door threshold: “Do you know what is?” and James answered: “No!” and Hunter: “Fuck you and your wife, you are breaking my balls”, and he gone out. James approached to door and closed it, and he though: “May he was angry, problems of writer, anyway I have took my glass and I have all, thank you Hunter, you are a true friend, above all to Laura; because she is pregnant now, and that you are loving hers I have known one year ago, but, I can’t get pregnant, thereupon I hope that Hunter junior, because it is going to be name, have same passion to literature, and you are going to be godfather, so you are going both father and godfather, well done, and I am going to know and I know perfectly lover of Laura”, and he closed the door.

Alessandro Lusana