Mhh, I think I didn't answer your questions in my other reply.
I, the writer, do not know what Duanys said, and I didn’t intend for either myself or the reader to know. “He never saw her heartbroken smile” implies that the narrator knows more than the unnamed protagonist, so it makes sense to wonder whether the reader might have been given these words later, but mhh, I think not.
In this case, I think it’s more important to keep the reader wondering about what exactly happened, just like the protagonist.
Thank you for your questions! They made me think more about how I think about my short stories. I actually didn’t think about it as much while I was writing as I did now!
Mhh, I think I didn't answer your questions in my other reply.
I, the writer, do not know what Duanys said, and I didn’t intend for either myself or the reader to know. “He never saw her heartbroken smile” implies that the narrator knows more than the unnamed protagonist, so it makes sense to wonder whether the reader might have been given these words later, but mhh, I think not.
In this case, I think it’s more important to keep the reader wondering about what exactly happened, just like the protagonist.
Thank you for your questions! They made me think more about how I think about my short stories. I actually didn’t think about it as much while I was writing as I did now!