Clean Verdict, Dirty Truth
If there is another life, I wish I could be born into an ordinary family, and that I could meet you again with a clean slate.
I stood there for a long time after finishing the letter.
Then, I walked to the window and watched the snow drift down outside.
There was no anger, no grief, not even a ripple of emotion. Only an immense, boundless emptiness.
So this was the truth. What had fueled all that evil was not some twisted love, but another warped and pitiful soul.
I tossed the letter and the brown envelope into the fireplace together. Orange flames swallowed the words in seconds, turning them into ash.
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