DEAR D (pen pal edition) ✔️

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DIMITRI

April 11th
Dear D,
My first therapy session with Doctor Hapbe was yesterday. Well, my first session since I stopped seeing her last September. I thought it was going to be weird, or awkward, but it wasn't. We kind of just picked up where we left off. I told her everything, about what happened from September last year to now. It was a lot to unpack. I used an entire tissue box because I couldn't stop crying. She had to extend my session an hour.

I don't know if I should be embarrassed or not.

Doctor Hapbe suggested I keep writing you letters. At least until I graduate high school. She said it was a great way to get closure, for both of us. Quote, 'You wouldn't want to be stuck writing to a dead person forever,' unquote. That made me cry for 10 minutes. She thinks I need to learn how to let go and move on. Move on? She has no idea what she's talking about. You've only been gone for 2 months. How am I supposed to move on and forget you like you weren't my best friend? Like you meant nothing to me?

Doctor Hapbe has a point. I can't write to you forever. It'd kill me. That constant reminder every day that I lost the most important person to me. I promise I will write you letters until the day I graduate. You deserve that.

Love, Dimitri