When she died five years ago, it felt like we’d lost family.
Bella still had every birthday card Brittney had ever written her.
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So she opened the envelope immediately.
The first paragraph explained how the letter had reached her.
When she died five years ago, it felt like we’d lost family.
Brittney had left it sealed with instructions that it be mailed on Bella’s 16th birthday.
Bella looked up.
« She planned this five years ago? »
« It seems like it, sweetheart. »