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I went to Google maps and worked out the distance from the library to the post office They were less than a o to the library first and then to the post office I felt ht about Miss, my anonymous letter writer I really hoped that I would be able to convince soive ot up and sat onof letters I took one out at random and pulled the paper from the envelope and lay back to read it Her letters always made me smile When I read them, I was transported to a different place

Dear Bryce,

How are you? It’s so weird not writing to a real address I don’t knohere in the world this letter is going to I don’t even knohere in the world you are But I guess, at the end of the day, location doesn’tthis letter is all that ht My best friend L and I atching Downton Abbey, a newish British TV show that coot injured at war (I think it was the Boer war or WWI--I’m not really sure) and I cried I cried because I wondered ould happen if you got injured I wouldn’t be notified at all I’d find out through the grapevine and only because your dad isafter all!

I hope you are keeping yourself occupied and safe I’ht now,and I don’t think it would be as romantic to talk live like it is in our letters Honestly, I think it would be quite aard

Anyways, enjoy the candy I sent and the new Clive Cussler book I sent!

I hope you write back soon

Miss

I looked at the letter and sighed I wished that I hadn’t pushed her on the Skype thing I had a feeling thatto me I had just wanted to see her face I wanted a face to picture when I read the letters I wanted to knoho I was slowly falling in love with I wanted to knoho the one woman in the world, aside from my mother, who I truly believed cared about me, was

I didn’t kno to tell her that I didn’t care what she looked like, because I knew that wasn’t completely true I knew that looks were important in a relationship, but I also knew that my heart was full of love for her I couldn’t proh I was sure that I would But it was too late to worry about her now She’d probably moved on But I still wanted to thank her Still wanted her to know that she had gotten hts

"Bryce, dinner is ready,"voice She was drunk, I could tell She sounded too happy And she was only this happy when she drank Norhed as I walked out ofI was scared and worried about as going to come next in my life In some ways, I was more worried now than I hen I was a part of the war

Chapter 5

"Bongo loves you" Luke grinned atslobbered all over rinned back at Luke as he stood in front of his TV, going through his DVD’s

"What do you want to watch?"

"I don’t know" I lay back on his bed and pushed Bongo away from me "A chick flick?"

"Nope"

"A romance?"

"That’s the same as a chick flick" Luke rolled his eyes at me

"No, it’s not Chick flicks are funny and always have a happy ending Ro, mysterious and--"

"--I know, I know They don’t always have a happy ending" Luke finished uroaned

"A coood is a comedy with no rohed and flung himself on his bed next to ht?"

"No, I’m not" I pouted at him and picked up a pillow "And I will hit you with this pillow if you say it again"

"Lexi Lord, you are soo difficult"

I jumped up and hit Luke with the pillow, hard, as he spoke and he grabbed another pillow and hit hing, while Bongo barked at us Eventually, Luke grabbed the pillow out ofhands He sat on"Who’s difficult?"

"Not et away

"Who’s difficult?" he asked again and wiggled his eyebrows as he heldme and I screahed, breathlessly He finally stopped and rolled over and I looked at hi "You’re an asshole, Luke Bryan"

"And I own up to it" He laughed, kissed me on the nose and juhed "It’s not like you care what I think, anyways"

"That’s not true," he laughed and held up a DVD "How’s about Madea Goes To Jail?"

"What?" I twitched ain?"

"It’ll be fun"

"Uh huh" I threw a pillow at hi an older black lady, Luke"