letter exchange 5
dear zach,
well since the stamps and labels you send say your aunts name and not yours, the people in my living area and my advisors dont know its you. i just have it sent to my living area.
i think you are mistaking with my parents. they didnt shed a single tear when i was in the hospital. i even asked duke! they dont care, zach! i bet they are dreading the day i come back.
just..lets not talk about zach.
theres this girl at school who always picks on me and judy. it makes me wish duke and you were here. you guys always had my back whenever you could.
i miss duke. how is he? i wish i could contact him too without our parents finding out. a girl needs her brother. its unfair that i cant communicate with him either.
my life is unfair.
i got in trouble by my advisor because i failed my math test again. i try, zach, i really do! ive been doing so much better in english, but now im doing bad in math. they dont understand that a dyslexic cant learn at the same pace!
ugh, nobody understands me besides you and duke. i think maybe judy does. were spending our day together tomorrow to get to know each other. i am excited for that.
muah! -lindsey
dear linney,
duke is doing good. he made captain on the soccer team again. when we hungout the other day, he mentioned how much he missed you.
you said you dont want to talk about your parents, so we wont. not right now, but we will soon, okay?
you need to tell someone about that girl, make sure you and judy are always by someone when that girl is around. please be careful, linney. dont harm yourself and dont let her harm you or judy.
your life is a little unfair, im not gonna argue or deny. but you are a very strong girl. we talked about this before you were sent away. you said you werent strong, thats why you were being sent away. thats not true, you were 'sent away' because you are strong. it is probably so hard to cope with so much hate and pressure. everybody breaks down sometimes, you reached your breaking point. thats okay, things happen. i hope this school helps you as much as possible. god gave you this life because he knew you could handle it, even if it means you handle it by hurting yourself.
i looked into something - if you are doing exceedingly better by december, you can come home for christmas. i know i wont be able to see you because of that damn restraining order, but youll get to see duke. excuse my language.
have fun with judy. -zach<3
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Teen FictionA realistic fiction of a girl who suffered from self-harm, anorexia, anxiety (and more diseases like) and a boy who tries his best to help her through it all...over letters.