“Elias,” the handwriting was shakier now. “I’m married now. To David. He’s kind. He likes jazz, which I hate, but I pretend to like it because he smiles when he plays it. I’m writing this because I need to tell you something, even if you never read it. I realized something today while peeling oranges. The love we had, the 'Mature' love we thought was so tragic and constrained? It was easy. It was the easiest love in the world because it was fantasy. We never had to argue about bills. We never had to watch the other get sick or old or boring. We loved the idea of each other.”

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He picked up the second envelope. It was postmarked ten years after the first.

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He remembered the day he received it. He had been standing in the post office, the smell of adhesive and old paper surrounding him. He had wanted to scream, to drive to her apartment in the city, to shake her and demand they choose happiness over duty.

He hesitated. It felt like throwing away a piece of his youth.

Elias sat in the silence of the house. The realization hit him slowly, like water rising in a closed room.