24. The last email
Chapter twenty-four
The last email
Date: July 1, 2009
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: Hi
Maria,
Hey. Thanks for reaching out. I would be lying if I said hearing from you wasn’t nice. It was.
Thank you for the condolences. It’s still hard. Very hard. Raising Mikey on my own is so difficult. But I’m getting by. My days are spent at work and my nights are spent raising my son.
With that said, I can’t email you anymore Maria.
We need to let each other go. Once and for all. The choke hold you had on my thoughts affected my life in a way that I never imagined. Writing to you again will be a constant reminder of Erica and her death. So please, I am pleading with you to stop writing to me. Try to forget me and what we had. Try to work on your marriage (if it’s still bad). Try to stand up for yourself. But mostly, try to find some happiness. That’s what I’m trying to do.
Sincerely, Sam