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.

you upset that you’ve written all these, but he never responded? Right, let me do

me

And I’ll make sure that he responds,

after that and let Xenia

not brave enough to do it, and Xenia’s intervention

smidgen of hope that she

after Xenia took the letters, things remained the same. Every time Xenia went back, she would tell Sasha that there was

up a faint smile

she found interest in writing stories. She started pouring all her

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

“Sure.”

time. She never second-guessed Xenia

immediately made a copy of everything she wrote and gave it

high school and the

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

aunt and uncle! They took care of you for

boiling whenever I think about it! They told you that they would treat me like their own daughter. But it turns out, whatever Sasha had, I could never

Her parents were speechless.

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

her in any