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Chapter 106: The Letter Unsent

Author: O.O
last update publish date: 2026-07-22 03:54:25

I didn’t finish the letter that night, or the next. It sat folded in the drawer of the small writing desk, half-formed thoughts and crossed-out sentences, my own uncertainty visible in every hesitation on the page. Ethan never asked about it again, understanding, in the quiet way he’d learned to understand so much about me, that pressing wouldn’t help.

It was Whitfield, unexpectedly, who brought me back to it.

I visited him one morning, his condition noticeably weaker than the week before, thou
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