Through the Flames (The Lost Letters #1)

Chapter 12

Lilly,

I’m not sure why I’m writing this letter. You’d think after the first one, I’d have learned it doesn’t help a damn thing.

But it’s been a year since you left, and things still feel unfinished.

How am I supposed to move on from you when I don’t understand why you left in the first place? You were my best friend, the one person I trusted most in the world. I’m still so angry at you, yet if you walked through the door right now, I’d fall to my knees in thanks.

I miss you more than I can even express. I miss being able to talk to you. Even if we started fighting, it would still beat the silence I’m surrounded by every day.

The fire academy is so much harder than I thought it would be. I love it, though. The longer I’m here, the more confident I am that I’m going into the right profession. But it’s still challenging me in ways I wasn’t prepared for.

You’d probably tell me to take a deep breath and remember I’m capable of anything. Then you’d laugh at the cheesy line.

Fuck, what I wouldn’t give to kiss you one more time, to hold you in my arms.

All I have left are the memories of us together, and I’m not sure I’ll survive when they finally fade into nothing.

My heart is yours forever,

N