Chapter Five: New Mail

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We  called  for  pizza  as  we  read  through  ancient  mails  that  seemed  to  be  love  letters  for  someone  named  Helen.

Leila  and  I  have  been  reading  the  letters  together  one  by  one  the  whole  day.  So  far,  we've  read  thirteen  letters  when  a  man  called  from  outside  our  door.

"Livraison de pizza!"

"I'll  get  it."  I  dropped  the  letter  on  my  bed  and  ran  to  the  door.

I  received  the  pizza  in  exchange  for twenty-seven  Euros.

"Oh,  and  madame,"  the  French  deliveryman  said  staring  at  the  floor  on  the  side  of  our  door.  "Vous  avez  une  lettre."

I  didn't  understand  what  he  said.  I  followed  his  gaze  and  there,  on  the  varnished  cherry  floor,  was  a  new  letter  lying  on  the  ground.

I  brought  the  letter  in  and  placed  the  recent  letter  underneath  the  pile  of  old  ones  as  Leila  and  I  ate  pizza  on  the  bed  as  we  continued  to  read  on  until  we  finally  slept  with  an  empty  pizza  box  on  our  side  and  the  fourteenth  letter  in  my  hand.


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