• The First Letter
Dear XXX,
It’s been a while.
This is .
Do you remember me?
I found your business card when I was cleaning out a drawer, so I decided to write to you.
I have something I want to say to you.
You humiliated me and my child.
I don’t even want to remember it.
But I won’t let you say you’ve forgotten.
It’s all your fault. You and all the other reporters.
You approached us looking sympathetic.
And I endured, because I knew it was a test to lead me to a higher place.
But that doesn’t mean you will be absolved of your sins.
You should atone.
Come and listen to my story one more time.
This time, though, you must spread everything I say, exactly as I say it.
I will not say anything here.
You lower-level people wouldn’t understand, even if I wrote it all down.
I saved that child.
If you would get the word out, I know some people would understand.
Because something as marvelous as this rarely ever happens.
Anyway, contact me.
Make sure you do.
I’m waiting.
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• The Second Letter
XXX,
Why haven’t you contacted me
You should confess your sins.
I will give you a little more time.
Make sure you contact me
✦ ✦ ✦
• The Third Letter
XXX,
This is my final letter.
Contact me
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• The Fourth Letter
Dear XXX,
Hello.
I have not received any word from you.
Well, that doesn’t matter now.
I am going to a higher place.
I will open your chakra.
We must remember to be grateful.
Thank you for finding me.
*At the end of the letter is a handwritten note, presumably from an editor in another department. It reads:
“O, these letters came from that crazy lady in the case we reported on earlier. They sounded a little spooky, so I thought you might want them for your magazine. Ha-ha.”