LETTERS IN THE RED BOX

To Rian, Alya was merely a dull, forgotten part of a house he no longer cared for. He never knew that beneath his wife's quiet demeanor lay her darkest secret: a terminal illness slowly draining the life out of her. When Alya bade farewell under the guise of "going home to care for her parents," Rian welcomed it with relief-thrilled to finally bring another woman into their home.
Yet, Alya never set foot in her childhood home. Instead, she checked into a stark, cold hospital ward.
For 30 days, precisely at nine every morning, a fresh white envelope arrived inside the red iron mailbox out front. Thirty letters filled with quiet devotion that Rian never bothered to open. Until on his birthday, a 31st letter arrived as a final text message-marking Alya's last, tragic plea, and the beginning of a lifetime of haunting regret.