She Told Me to Forget Her — But a Year Later, the Truth Changed Everything

My breath caught in my throat.

He knew.

But I wasn’t prepared for what came next.

“I didn’t know about you,” he said, his voice low, shaking. “Not until now. But… I found the letters.”

He reached into his coat and pulled out a small wooden box.

And in it?

Were dozens of sealed envelopes.

A Lifetime of Letters

He placed the box in my hands as though it were sacred.

“She wrote to you,” he said quietly. “Every year. On your birthday. She never mailed them. She kept them hidden in a drawer under her scarves.”

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