"Later, we fell in love, but I did many things wrong. I hurt you, made you go to America alone, and made you raise the children by yourself."
"For the past six years, I've regretted it every single day."
"Sophie, I want to marry you. I want to be your husband and the father of our children."
"I want to see your face first thing every morning when I wake up, and I want looking at you to be the last thing I do every night before sleep."
"I want to grow old with you. When we're both old and our hair turns white, we'll sit in the garden and watch our children bring their own children home."
"Sophie, will you marry me?"
While Alex was going to the study to get a book, he saw a piece of paper spread out on the desk. It was written in his father's handwriting — a proposal speech.
Some parts had been crossed out and rewritten, and some lines broke off halfway, as if he didn't know what to say next.
