“I Never
Forgot You”
After morethansixdecades,a doomedteenage
romance gets a second chance
BYMarinaLopes
FROMTHE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINEINSET PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR. LOCKET PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCKRELATIONSHIPS
O
n asunny SaturdayinApril2017,
the phoneranginmy grandmoth-
er’shouseinSãoCarlos,Brazil.“I’ve
beenlooking foryoufordecades,”
the man on theline whispered in
Italian.“Youweremyfirstlove.”
It had been more than six decades since
mygrandmother had heard the voice of Aldo
Sportelli, now 83.70 March 2020