The next morning I wake up to the sound of Adyline knocking on my door. "Can I come in?" she asks through the wood.
I roll out of bed and respond "Sure, come in". I can't help but sound very tired.
Adyline walks in with an envelope in hand and says "This is for you. You've got some mail." She then lays it on my dresser. "Also, last night was super fun! I am going to the theaters today to watch 'Spell'. It's supposed to be scary, but I'll be the judge of that. Dylan, Max, and some other friends will be coming. All of which will be attending Oxford so I think it would be good if you came to get some exposure. I also want you to get comfortable with the environment so no one gets suspicious."
"Right suspicious" I thought. Someone had already caught on and I couldn't help, but think he was the suspicious one, not me. His behavior raised many flags of something deeper, but I couldn't say anything to Adyline until I was sure. I needed more information about him.
"Sure, I'll go" I stated. I wasn't really in the mood, but I had to continue my little mission. Adyline was also right about me needing to get to know some people because there was no way I was going to stick with her if she was going to be with Max all the time.
"Oh my god really!" she squealed. "I thought I was going to have to sit here and convince you, but it's so great that you're down! Be ready by 9 pm. The movie starts at 10, but we have to get there early to get the best seats. The theater is also 15 minutes away so it's gonna take some time."
Once she had left I reached for the letter on my dresser and began opening it. It had the same gold seal as my mother's letters so I assumed it was from her. It read:
𝒮𝒾𝑒𝓇𝓇𝒶,𝐼𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. 𝑀𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓂𝓊𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐹𝐵𝐼'𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒦. 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓈𝑜 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒪𝓍𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒹. 𝐼 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝒞𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒸𝒶𝓂𝓅𝓊𝓈! 𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑔𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑒𝓉. 𝐻𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝒶𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝓈𝑜 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝑀𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒶 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒥𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐵𝑒𝓉𝓈𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝒹𝑜 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝓊𝓇𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒩𝑒𝓌 𝒵𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹. 𝑀𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜 𝓈𝑜 𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓅𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝐸𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝓎, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓊𝑒. 𝐻𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒸𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒮 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈. 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒸𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎. 𝐼 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒰.𝒦 𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒. 𝐵𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝒻𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓋𝒾𝒹𝑒𝒹!
After reading the letter a couple of times I grabbed a pen and paper and began to draft my response. An hour later my letter was ready for sending. It basically thanked her for what she was doing for me and discussed my father's campaign. I also asked a few questions regarding Jace and Betsy, like if I would see them soon. After that, I looked at the time and saw that it was already 1 pm. I walked downstairs, got breakfast, and watched Netflix/read until about 7:30 pm. Now it was time to get ready for the theaters.
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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...
