The Lover Letter He Never Sent

10 a.m. English

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me; he simply watched h

the background as she pulled out her notebook-not to take notes, but to sketch, s

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e waited for the room to em

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the abandoned amphitheater behind the music hall. No one ever v

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behind the bookshelf. I pic

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slowly.

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ckled, and she

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d, "Why didn't you say anyt

n't know if I should. I thought maybe

he whispered.

ment. Birds chirped in the distan

a folded envelo

etter he inte

trembling. The envelope was ad

one she discovered