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.

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 you send them out after

You? Help me

I’ll make sure

not say much after that and

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

hope that

went back, she would tell Sasha that there

put up a faint smile as

cut down on the letter-writing as she found interest in writing stories.

good at everything? Can I see what

“Sure.”

time. She

made a

got into high school and the

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

aunt and

own daughter. But it turns out, whatever Sasha had, I could never get. I even

Her parents were speechless.

fell ill. When she went to look for her uncle, she

we mistreat her