He wrote letters to newspapers. He tried to sue the council.
He literally inundated them with the unfathomable vengefulness of a father who has been robbed.
But everywhere, sooner or later, he was stopped by men in white shirts with strict, smug expressions on their faces.
And one couldn’t fight them. Not only did they have the state on their side, they were the state.
The last complaint was rejected. The fighting was over because the white shirts had decided so. And Ove never forgave them that.
Sonja saw everything. She understood where he was hurting. So she let him be angry, let all that anger find its outlet somewhere, in some way.
But on one of those early summer evenings in May that always come along bearing gentle promises about the summer ahead,
she rolled up to him, the wheels leaving soft marks on the parquet floor.
He was sitting at the kitchen table writing one of his letters, and she took his pen away from him,
slipped her hand into his, and pressed her finger into his rough palm.
Leaned her forehead tenderly against his chest. “That’s enough now, Ove. No more letters.
There’s no space for life with all these letters of yours.” And she looked up, softly caressed his cheek, and smiled.
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