Elizabeth was feeling a little better about everything that happened with her mother. The mysterious letter game intrigued her. She added her letters to the bulletin board.
Look(1-A) Up(1-B) And(1-C) Smile (1-D)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A(2-C) Day(2-D) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Today(3-A) Is(3-B) _ _ _ _ _ To(3-D) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ ?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Always(6-D) Turn(6-E) Around(6-F)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Great(7-B) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And just as the message asked, Elizabeth couldn't help but smile at the fact that she completed the first line.
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Letters (Wattys 2015)
Short StoryEach employee drudged slowly into work that morning. All with a different lingering worry on their minds. As they entered the building a new bulletin board catches their eye. All that's on the board are a series of lines. No words. No numbers. No in...