Unfinished Masterpiece

: Letters

hich was full of mist ,to allow fresh air into the room.It had become a place of c

eath her teacup that morning,

u know. I never stopped drawing you b

est ached with the weight of

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dden

od sealed with blue ribbon ,she found it.This kind of box her grandmother used to store old letters. Inside

arly five ye

expecting you to run after me,but you were never brothe

rom just a

ith someone at the bakery. I couldn't breathe

e of the letters.It seems like her p

her lap, reading and rereading the letters until the candle beside her

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s of H

o the night, she sat by the fireplace, her pen whispering across thick paper. S

ed for your face in the crowd. I told mysel

dio like silence. Even the c

ng. And I hated myself

with care. It was the only way she knew how to speak

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own W

ss Evermere like wind through the old oak trees. The small town, with its lace-c

ise an eyebrow every time someone leaned in and whispered, "Did you see the new painting

ter-in-law, barely touching her tea. "You can tell she's her

said Claire had run away from Evermere when things got too complicated. Now they wonde

i's name. "You remember him, don't you?" a woman said to the young girl sweeping t

he girl replied, "like he was t

a gentler view. She called Claire in for te

don't mistake noise for truth. You came back for something. Or someone. And perhaps that's exactly what

ching eyes pressing against her shoulders. Yet even

second glances, she felt it: peop

y didn't sa

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Invi

he wax insignia of Evermere's Arts Council-a swan nested in an open b

y cream card with

ction of intimate works inspired by the quiet truths we dare not speak. Join us Frid

om, in smal

g new wo

ee times. Her hand

ng?" Sophie

g have been waiting for my return ,the every thin

s not about avoiding anymore. May

ront of her until the candle was low.Her heart pounded with questions-What if he was

on the armchair holding t

robe and picked a navy blue dress her grandmother had given

she whisp

write the letter she would hand him-not l

etters in

the t

to