I Married My Husband in the House He Shared with His Late Wife – but on Our Wedding Night, I Found a Letter Taped Inside My Nightstand

Time running out? Matthew’s late wife must’ve written this letter, but she’d died in a car accident… he’d never told me anything more than that.

Before I could read any further, a loud crash echoed from the hallway.

It was a glass-shattering sound. Mia squealed — a scared, high-pitched noise.

I could hear Matthew distantly, already reassuring her.

“It’s alright, sweetie. Don’t worry. Something must’ve just fallen.” Then he called out, his voice slightly strained, “Lila?

Can you check what that was?”

Startled, I shoved the envelope back in the drawer and rushed out of the room.

I scanned the hall, ignored the living room since that’s where Matthew was sitting with Mia, trying to calm her, and went into the kitchen. Shards of broken glass lay on the floor in front of the sink.

“It’s just a broken glass,” I called out. “I’ll clean it up.”

I grabbed a dustpan and a broom and started sweeping up the mess, but my mind was still on the letter I’d found in the drawer.

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