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Don’t open it. Don’t you dare do this!
My mind screams for me to stop. That I know better. It reminds me how betrayed I’d feel if she did something like this.
She lied to you.
Opening it up, I pull the paper out.
Aiden,
It’s been one month, and it’s official. I’m worried.
I never heard from you. I’m scared.
Placing the card back in the envelope, I pull out another one. This time, it’s months later.
Aiden,
I can’t believe you haven’t reached out. Where are you? I haven’t heard anything. Not one word. I was going to ask your mom, but when I got there, I chickened out. I wish I knew where you were so I could send this.
It feels like the oxygen is being depleted as I go, one by one, through them all. So far, it’s as expected. The truth of the hurt I caused right there in writing. I grab another, and this one is different.
This letter has smudged black writing on the cover. It’s as if someone’s hands were wet and touched it.
I pull it out and read. My stomach drops when I see the words.
It’s all your fault.
Everything. You promised you’d protect me. And you lied. You never came back. You forgot about me, and now I’ll never be the same.
Fuck.
What happened to you, Pip?
46
AIDEN
It’s official. My life is unraveling.
The last game I played, I wasn’t on my A game, but today, I just plain sucked. If I keep playing like this, it’ll seal the deal that my career is over.
It’s practically a joke, and I can tell by how my teammates look at me that they want to call me out.
Coach has given me some leeway after everything that’s happened the last few weeks with my dirty laundry being aired, but even he looks pissed.
Best of seven.
I just keep repeating this to myself.
The loss hurts, but I can redeem myself.
The question is… how?
No matter how hard I try, I can’t get Pip’s letters out of my head, and I’m falling apart at the seams.
I keep thinking if I go back and read more, maybe I can find out what she’s holding back, but there’s been no opportunity.
Hell, I’m lucky I even read as many as I did.
