The Novelist Portent
Johnny E. Mahaffey
October 13, 2018

Reply ID: wg86

To Johnnyswife
To Mrs. Jaime Beth Mahaffey, my loving wife,

I feel that you mean those words, and I know them to be more true with each passing day, and I hope that you see what it is that you mean to me. I mean every word of what I say, and I intend to follow through with each and every promise. Nothing is fake, or a front, in any way. I am this person. Over a decade alone, here, has had an effect on me as I have learned a level of empathy that I never thought possible. All I want in life is family.

Our children are awesome! You've done a great job! And you should be proud of yourself. I'm sure proud of you.

I'm glad that you like my writing, especially since you're the one who inspired me to write in the first place. I hope that I've truly made you proud, and that the kids also like it. I have a lot more in store.

It's hard to say what our future will hold, but I do know that I won't give up. I'm yours, always have been. Our love has survived one of the most tormenting tests ever imagined, and the fact that we have come out of it, in the end, together, and more in love now than ever—that means something. That's the stuff movies like The Notebook are made of! And it's us! I love you, Jaime!

We have haters. That's a given. But we also have strong and supportive fans, educated, and honest people who want to see us make it. Because they believe in love. They see our love. Know it to be real and want to see us get our happy ending. But, most importantly, WE see it, we feel it, and we have it. I love you, and yes—we are simply meant to be and will... be.

Jaime, this response, the one you've made here—it's the goal of everything I've ever put on here. For all of these years, I only knew your HATE for me, your spite, and that you'd moved on. But something deep in my soul always pushed me to never give up hope, that one day I would have you back in my life, at some level. To now have your love? That's NOT something I'm about to take for granted! You think you're proud of me now, just wait until you see what I have in store for us. I'm going to make you the happiest wife ever in the history of wives.

I know now that you never left me. Others pushed us apart, but that WON'T happen again. No one's lies will penetrate what we have.

Thank you for wishing me a happy birthday. I miss you too, and I'll be calling you in just a few minutes. I'm glad we get to talk. We had eight conversations yesterday—that's two hours! I love every minute and wish we weren't limited to 15 minute calls. It just feels right, having your voice in my ear, images of you in my head, and thoughts of you dancing around in my mind all day, every day. I'm not crazy, I'm just crazy in love.

Thank you, just for being you.

Your husband,
Johnny

—simply meant for you—

[Magazine clip out of a bride and groom. "Purrrrrr."]