Ahh, you may have missed the part about Tess Woods, the owner of Afterlife Antiques, who also seems to share a past with Marcus. These people with ties back to the Twenties seem like ghosts returned from the past. As Salman Rushdie says,“Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what.” Well, there's a lot of unfinished business in Marcus' life and it doesn't just simply link back to the parts of his own life affected by memory loss - there's an element of Jung's psychology here about the Collective Unconscious of mankind and the way we carry around our ancestors inside us - why? To fulfill their lives? I don't know.
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It is why I made the comment about the spanner (throwing a spanner into the works). While it was one ghost-spirit from his past, I could see him recreating his life. Now with two parts of his past...it gets complicated. What makes it more confusing is that he kept on seeing the one, but never saw/shared from Tess (your freckled baby). Easy solution, he converts and takes two wives. :) ... or else, he could agree with Tess for her to wait for his next life.
Ha ha ...you sure it's not a Spaniard in the works? lol . Yes, this is a convoluted and multi-layered conundrum but the various facets are interconnected yet still may be a bit challenging to follow in a serialized format . Posting in shorter parts rather than whole chapters creates its own problems-- hence, the shorter post today simply because of plot exigencies - I had to end it here rather than have Clare show up which would have complicated everything. I have some experience with this type of thing - I'm talking real life now, so I keep to what I know and what has worked in my own life and as I said before may seem implausible but is in fact possible. You always have such interesting insights, Alex - I can imagine us in an outdoor cafe losing track of the day challenging and inspiring the other. I read about Sartre and Camus having these types of conversations, though perhaps not with each other. Yeah, I envy them that...but they're dead..hmm, enough said:)
I've also imagined us having a bottle of wine and and something simple to eat, like a thick steak and a coffee to finish it off while we get to know each other....hmmm, as dessert a pavlova with raspberries or chestnut would be nice (if none available, then a delicate double-thick cream brule will do).
These writers....you never know where reality ends and fiction begins, lol. That meal sounds great, particularly since I just finished a supper consisting of a toasted chicken sandwich with a side of fries--as for dessert, that would be tea and ginger snaps. Yep, humble fare :)
You're a gourmand, Alex - this gives me ideas for dining scenes in the story. Mind you, Marcus, Nat et al are petite borgeois like me - Actually, I'm more peasant, ha ha