Love Letters

Love Letters (Part 2)

As soon as I opened it, I noticed the difference in handwriting and was confused. I scanned the letter for the name at the end and found that it wasn't signed. I decided to read the letter to see if I could make sense of the situation.

Dear J,

I hate to break it to you, but your letter wasn't delivered to your 'Troll' - which I think is a very endearing nickname by the way.

I received your letter and was very confused until I realised it probably wasn't for me, so I'm really very sorry for opening it. The postman hasn't failed on this occassion as this is actually number 17, Harpendale Road, so I'm assuming you've got the address wrong?

Normally I would've ignored the letter but I haven't seen a handwritten letter like this since I was a kid and thought it would be a tragedy if you were to think your letter had gone ignored as you've obviously given it a lot of thought.

I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't reply to this and to be honest, I'm not really expecting you to. However, a few doors down new neighbours are moving in. It's a needle in a haystack thought but it could be your real addressee?

Don't know if I expect to hear from you soon, but good luck all the same.

I re-read this very letter about four times and considered what to do next. So evidently, I'd lost contact with Ethan until he'd established an internet connection or unless he was in fact moving in a few doors from this mystery letter-writer. Highly unlikely, but still, I decided to write back and thank this person for their efforts anyway. At least they were nice enough to let me know instead of having me think that Ethan had shoved my letter under a pile and decided he was moving on.

I tapped my pen on the desk and wondered, what do you write to a person you don't know? Should I make it formal, or be a bit more casual in my approach? Should I ask him to look out for Ethan and his mum? I sighed and made a few doodles in my notebook as I considered my options.