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.

Xenia told her, “This won’t do. Aren’t you upset that you’ve written all these, but he never

me send

mail your letters. And I’ll make sure

much after that and let

was not brave enough to do it, and Xenia’s intervention gave her an excuse to

a smidgen of hope that she might

back, she would tell Sasha that there was no reply but also encourage her

would always put up a faint smile as a response, saying nothing

down on the letter-writing as she found interest in writing stories. She started pouring all her heart and soul into it,

why are you so good at everything? Can I see what

“Sure.”

innocent girl at the time. She never

heard Xenia asking about it, she immediately made a copy of everything she wrote and gave it to

she got into high school and

family have to help the Wand family with their debt? Mum, Dad, are you stupid? What have they ever given

are you saying? They are your aunt and uncle! They took care of you for so many

told you that they would treat me like their own daughter. But it

Her parents were speechless.

crisis, Sasha’s father was jailed, and her mother fell ill. When she went to look for her uncle, she

her in