After peeling back the seal I saw lots of writing. My mother's handwriting filled up 3 pages. They were folded messily, which told me she was obviously in a rush when writing this. My mother was never kind to me and never showed she cared so why would she write me a letter?
The letter read:
"𝐻𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜, 𝓂𝓎 𝒮𝒾𝑒𝓇𝓇𝒶. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝟣𝟩 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝓎 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓉. 𝒜𝓃𝓎𝓌𝒶𝓎, 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝐼 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝐼 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒹. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝐼 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 "𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓅𝓈" 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓊𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑒. 𝒲𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒶 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹. 𝐼 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝐼 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹'𝓋𝑒. 𝐼𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓃 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉. 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓇𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝐼 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓇𝒾𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃. 𝑀𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒. 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎. 𝐼𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂 𝑒𝓍𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝟣𝟪 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝐼 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓅𝓊𝓈𝒽 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝐼 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝐻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓊𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝐼 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒻𝑒𝓇𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂. 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓇𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒦. 𝒟𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝓁𝒶𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓌𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃'𝓉. 𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎. 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝑜𝑜𝓃. 𝑅𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝑜𝓃𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝑀𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒶."
Tears started streaming down my face as I read this. Could it be true? Was my mother's hate for me just a coverup for her love? Did she love us so much she had to ruin her relationship with her children to keep them safe? To me, it seemed like a stretch, but it seemed perfectly reasonable for my life. My father always seemed like the better parent, but very very far from perfect. The fact that he was this cruel daunted upon me. I never liked either of my parents which sounds horrible, but they made me feel terrible about myself. Now that my mother reached out to me and said something truly caring, I was shocked. I looked up at Melissa who was looking at me, her face now had a frown and she said "Are you ok? Come here" as she pulled me into a hug. I didn't say anything but accepted the hug as the tears turned to heavy droplets going down my face in a stream.
"She really cared all this time, but she made me so miserable!" I said.
"A mother always has her reasons sweetheart. Your mom was very difficult, but deep down I knew she cared. Do you mind if I read the letter for the purposes of the case? I promise I will return it I just have a few things to analyze." she said.
"Of course" I agreed, handing her the letter.
As she read I went to the kitchen and got some water. I saw myself through the reflection of the window and couldn't help but notice how red my eyes were from crying. I looked like a complete mess and was getting quite tired. I looked at the microwave's little clock and saw that the time was 3:42 am. I had to get ready for school in 3 hours. I sighed and walked back to the sitting room just past the door, where Melissa sat still reading.
After about 10 minutes of silence, Melissa looked up at me and said "The U.K huh."
"Yeah, I guess I really need to start focusing on school and getting my grades up if I want even a chance. Most schools there are very competitive and application season starts in a couple of weeks." I say.
"Yeah, I know how competitive those schools can be. I attended Oxford and I am sure if you apply and try your best to finish up high school I can pull some strings. I didn't join the FBI for nothing. But I am going to have to warn you that Oxford is full of spies. The most well-known families have children who go there so surveillance for them is important. I wouldn't be surprised if your father sends someone to get on your good side once your there. You're going to have to be careful." she says.
"I know that, and I also know that it's going to be hard to escape my father. He always finds a way back. The visits once per year always seemed suspicious to me. Well anyway, it's almost 4 am and I need to get at least an hour of sleep before school, otherwise, I am going to have a tough time. My friend is also passed out on my couch so I am going to have to be a babysitter all day." I murmur as I walk up the stairs.
Melissa laughs and says, "Ok well I will see you soon when I get news from your mother. Be safe." She then exits closing the door behind her carefully.
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Hidden Motives
Romance"Our story was one of hatred to love." A story told behind closed doors. What will Sierra Morgan do when she throws herself into the world of the British elite. Going to Oxford and moving to England, from Los Angeles, California, her life will be ch...
