THE SIXTEENTH LETTER
[NOT SENT]

harry,

you phoned me yesterday, a week after we'd met over coffee, and asked me out for dinner tonight.

i said yes.

if i hadn't said yes i would have regretted it for the rest of my life, but when i told my sister she wasn't pleased. she didn't like you very much when we were together, but now we've reconnected after everything she seems to dislike you even more.

i tried to convince myself i hated you once. i tried so hard, but it was impossible because for every one thing i tried to hate you for, there were three more things i utterly adored you for.

in the end i gave up, as you can tell from these letters and from my inability to stay away from you any longer.

i'm glad i gave up.

i'm glad i said yes.

this was short, but you're not going to see it anyway.

sorry.

yours forever,
love, marnie x