The Love that Never Really Dies

Sasha had an elaborate dream.

In it, she was back in her teens, her family was prominent, and her parents were still alive. She was treated like a princess every day, living her life happily.

Then, one day, her mother brought her cousin over. “Sasha, your uncle has fallen ill, so your cousin, Xenia, is staying with us. Take good care of her, okay?”

“Okay.”

Sasha took the cousin who was two years older by the hand, delighted to have her there.

After that, Xenia settled in and did everything with Sasha. She heard that the school Sasha went to was great. So Sasha’s father enrolled her when she made her intentions clear on attending the same school.

From then onward, the two were inseparable.

“Sasha, what are you doing? Why aren’t you doing your homework?”

“I’m writing a letter. He’s overseas. I want to send him a letter every day.” Sasha was treating it very seriously, so Xenia went ahead and sat beside her.

She picked up the letter that Sasha wrote and flipped through. “He’s been gone for so long and you’ve sent him so many. Has he ever written a reply?”

Sasha’s expression instantly dulled. “No.”

She knew it was not going to happen because she never actually sent those letters out.

that day, Xenia told her, “This won’t do. Aren’t you upset that you’ve written all these, but he never responded? Right, let me do help

me send

And I’ll make sure that he

say much after that and let

to do it, and Xenia’s intervention gave her

there was a smidgen of hope that she might actually get a reply from

that there was no reply but also

faint smile

writing stories. She started pouring all her heart

you so good at everything? Can I see what you wrote?” Xenia was feeling envious

“Sure.”

an innocent girl at the time. She never second-guessed Xenia as she was family

she heard Xenia asking about it, she immediately made a copy of

into high school and the Wand family’s

family with their debt? Mum, Dad, are you stupid? What have they

and uncle! They took care of

me like their own daughter. But it turns out, whatever Sasha had, I could never get. I even had to beg

Her parents were speechless.

her mother fell ill. When she went

mistreat her in any