Conrad took a deep breath and began to recount the summer that had haunted him. "It was the summer after high school. We were carefree and filled with dreams, as bright as the sun that warmed the beach. We found something inside this lighthouse, something we never told anyone."

He led her to a hidden compartment in the lighthouse wall. There, he revealed a small, weathered wooden box, covered in seashells and hidden beneath an old tarp. He opened it to reveal a collection of handwritten letters, tied together with a faded blue ribbon.

"These are the letters, Belly," he said, his voice quivering. "Letters we wrote to each other that summer, but never sent. Letters that hold our deepest secrets."