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He’s passionate about food, is my husband. He can talk about a dish he’s thought up in the way that a great musician might rhapsodize about a composition.
Marriage is about finding that person you know best in the world. Not how they take their coffee or what their favorite film is or the name of their first cat. It’s knowing on a deeper level. It’s knowing their soul.”
“So in our absence, Julia has always had to forge her own path. And what a path she has forged. I know I haven’t always been very good at showing it, but I am so proud of you, Juju, of all that you have achieved.” I think of the school prize-giving ceremony. My graduation. The launch for The Download—none of which my father attended. I think about how often I have wanted to hear those words, and now, here they are—right when I’m most furious at him. I feel my eyes fill with tears. Shit. That really caught me unawares.
