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made him up, too. And Kristen and Josh. She was probably
strapped to a bed in an asylum somewhere, lost in an entire world
of her own creation. She shook her head, frustrated and confused
and yet…
There was something else nagging at her, though, something she
couldn’t quite put her finger on. She was forgetting about
something. Something important.
As much as she tried, she couldn’t seem to place it. The events of
the past few days had left her feeling drained and jittery. She
looked up. Dusk was beginning to spread across the sky and the
temperature was falling. Near the trees, a mist was starting to roll
in.
Looking away from Jo’s house—which was how she’d always
refer to it, regardless of the state of mind it implied—Katie
reached for the letter and examined it. The outer envelope was
blank.
There was something frightening about the unopened letter, even
though she wasn’t sure why. It might have been Alex’s expression
as he’d handed it over… somehow she knew it was not only
serious, but also important to him, and she wondered why he
hadn’t told her anything about it.
She didn’t know, but it would be getting dark soon and she knew
she was running out of time. Turning the envelope over, she lifted
the seal. In the waning light, she ran her finger over the yellow
legal paper before unfolding the pages. Finally, she began to read.
To the woman my husband loves,
If it seems odd for you to read these words, please believe me when I
tell you that it feels just as odd to write them. Then again, nothing
about this letter feels normal. There’s so much I want to say, so
much I want to tell you, and when I first put pen to paper,