He Chose His "Bestie", so I Took Everything Back novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7

I spent the next six months in Swinton. I lived in a small town and spent my days reading, taking nice walks, and learning how to make different desserts.

I didn’t contact anyone, nor did I check any news from Chrovia. The only messages I received were from Xenia, who would send me messages every day.

“Another client turned me down today! I’m so mad!”

“The new assistant is so dumb. He makes the worst coffee ever.

“I have a boyfriend now! He’s an artist. I’ll bring him to meet you one day!”

I read them all. I rarely replied, but I read them all carefully. It was enough for me to know that she was living happily.

Near the end of fall, it began to snow in the town I was living in. I was reading in front of the fire when my landlady knocked and entered. She passed a letter to me.

“Ms. Sherman, this is a letter for you. It’s from Chrovia.”

I froze. When I took the letter from her, I could see Anderson’s name written on the front of the envelope as the sender’s name.

My fingertips trembled. I stared at the letter in my hands for a long time without opening it.

My landlady asked gently, “Do you want me to get rid of it for you?”

I shook my head. “No, thank you.”

After she left, I put the letter on the table and continued reading. However, I couldn’t understand a single word. The snowfall was steadily increasing outside my window.

Finally, I ended up opening the letter. It was a very long letter. Anderson’s handwriting looked messier than usual, as if he had written it in a rush.

‘Dear Yvonne,

“I don’t know if this letter will make it to you, but I want to write it anyway. I’ve been in prison for eight months now, and every single day, I get plenty of time to think about our past.

“I thought back to when I first saw you playing the piano in our school hall. I was in awe. I also thought about how often you argued with your family just to be with me, and how you loved to curl up in my arms before you got sick.

“You always used to say that we would be together forever.

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