I Found a 1991 Letter from My First Love That I’d Never Seen Before in the Attic – After Reading It, I Typed Her Name into a Search Bar

Mark. I found your letter — the one from 1991. I never got it back then.

I… I’m so sorry. I didn’t know. I’ve thought about you every Christmas since.

I never stopped wondering what happened. I swear I tried. I wrote.

I called your parents. I didn’t know they had lied to you. I didn’t know you thought I walked away.”

I stopped the recording before my voice cracked, then started another.

“I never meant to disappear.

I was waiting for you too. I would’ve waited forever if I’d known you were still out there. I just thought… you’d moved on.”

I sent both messages, then sat in silence.

The kind of silence that presses against your chest like a hand.

She didn’t reply, not that night.

I barely slept.

The next morning, I checked my phone the moment I opened my eyes.

There was a message.

“We need to meet.”

That was all she said. But that was all I needed.

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