Dear mother,
our new lives here are proving to be a little harder than we expected,we are covering the mortgage every month and eating very well but the locals are neither friendly nor helpfull and we both get the feeling of being very unwanted, its not a nice state of affairs, where we were once welcome as holidaymakers we are now considered leeches and laura and i are getting to the point of desperation, ready to pack up our bags and leave.I'm afraid i also bring bad news, laura lost the baby in june, we are both devestated and neither of us have the emotional strength nor the words to explain to nicholas who has been patiently waiting for a new brother or sister to play with.our relationship is very strained at the moment asy ou might imagine but we still take time out for trips to the beach and we recently held a barbecue through which we met our allies in another ex-patriate family living in our village, so we're not entirely alone! i'm sorry this letter is brief,but i wanted to thank you for your package(and nicholas thanks you very much for his new trousers!)we are looking forward to our visit to england at christmas.
love you lots
xxxxx xxxxxx & laura & nic!
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Laura,
i'm sorry that i have done this, i know that we are no longer acouple and my attempts to win you back pathetic, i hope you are happy with HIM (still cant bring myself to even think his name)whatever your reasons for leaving, i'm not angry anymore,its certainly not my reason for doing this, this isnt to spite you, if you have to lie to nicholas and my mother and father then thats what i'd like, i kept the lie going that we were together long after we broke up... i didnt want them heartbroken, my mother isvery fond of you.please take care of my son, i have made the arrangements tha the should get half of my money when he turns 21,the other half is yours to do as you wish,please dont cry,i'm a selfish bastard - shit what do people usually write in a suicide note?? i've planned this letter out in my head all my life and yet nothing comes into my head, the only thing that is important for me to say is
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
PLEASE GIVE NICHOLAS A KISS FROM ME AND promise me to RAISE HIM WELL,I'M SORRY,I'M PATHETIC BUT ITS THE ONLY WAY THE HURT AND THE ENDLESS SHIT WILL CEASE. I'M SO FUCKING SORRY. |