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Dear Lincoln,

I saw this card today and thought of you I know that I wasn’t who you cah I was just his little sister’s best friend, Aires still felt like a brother to me

Between you andwhen I think of the look on your face e decided to sneak out of the ithout being caught That was a strange, rateful you were there to help h it

I kno I ine how youof you

Can I write you again? Will you write back? I hope you do I sort of feel like ere meant to meet

~ Lila

Dear Lila,

Thank you for the card I’uy, but I appreciate the thought Mostly, I appreciate your note

Yeah, I agree, the night of Aires’s funeral was ht if weJosh I thought Mom and Dad had it all jacked up, and in a way, they did It wasn’tto you—so thanks

And no, I don’t ain Even if you do it in one of those kitten-hanging-from-a-tree cards

~ Lincoln

Lincoln

Is it weird that I feel close to you even though you’re hundreds of lad that you’re in my life

~ Lila

On the colares at ue between Lila and me, it breaks every unsaid rule about our relationship We never plug in like this Never Not that part of me hasn’t wanted a faster connection to her A link beyond the letters, but there was so about the written word that made our relationship safe