CHAPTER 38

Archer

So let me get this straight, you knew about the letters all these years and you never said anything to me?" I cried, dumbfounded by this latest discovery.

I know it is not her fault but I still feel she should have said something, I mean it is not just these letters but many others!!

At first, I thought she saw just this one but it seems she has been keeping them locked away and I can't help but wonder when she intended to tell me.

I held her hands and I squeezed them in support, I was hurt by this new turn of events.

I felt small all over again!

Exactly the way I did when my dad never returned and how I was forced to leave my childhood behind and face a new life in a new direction.

" I don't know if I should have told you or if it was even important after all your dad is gone...." She muttered, staring off Into the distance.

I do not blame her! She lost herself when Dad died, and for years she struggled to remain alive and strong

I remember every struggle and pain, many nights