The letters still came, even after she changed her address. Twice. She could never understand who was so desperate to stay in touch with her that they kept writing letters. One each every month and like the interest got accumulated in her bank account on the 10th of every month, the letter too came on the 10th day of every month.
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Thinking back, she could not remember one such month when the letter had not come. And on her birthday, there would be a nice greeting card with flowers printed on it and inside, there would just be one line ‘May all your wishes come true’ and it would be signed, ‘Forever yours, Me’.
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From the handwriting she always felt the letters were written by an artist, it always seemed like the loops and the descenders had their own story to tell. Though she was clueless about the origin of the letters, she was never spooked about them or never felt them as a threat to her. She found an odd sense of comfort and always felt like there was someone in the world who cared about her no matter what all she did in her life.
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Thinking back, she could not remember one such month when the letter had not come. And on her birthday, there would be a nice greeting card with flowers printed on it and inside, there would just be one line ‘May all your wishes come true’ and it would be signed, ‘Forever yours, Me’.
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From the handwriting she always felt the letters were written by an artist, it always seemed like the loops and the descenders had their own story to tell. Though she was clueless about the origin of the letters, she was never spooked about them or never felt them as a threat to her. She found an odd sense of comfort and always felt like there was someone in the world who cared about her no matter what all she did in her life.
Things seemed out of the ordinary when the 10th of August passed without any letter from the person. It was then that the itch arose in her, an itch that would not give her peace of mind until she found out the address of the person who had been sending her these letters for the past 23 years.
April 1 is based on the letter A where my friend and I have chosen to write stories about the word Address.
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That’s interesting…receiving letters from an unknown person for 23 years…I would’ve gone crazy. 🙂 Anyway, a nice start!
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Brilliant Bhavya! Who could that be? Really intriguing, will you continue in the next part?
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Very mysterious. I hope to read more
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Great 1st post for the A to Z Challenge. I’m with Kajal, the idea of not knowing who sent the letters would have drove me crazy, too!
Coming back tomorrow to read your post for the letter B. 🙂
A very crisp story , this is. Conveying so much in depth. A great start to the A to Z…waiting for your B now 🙂
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So keeping us hooked with the tale.. it has hooked me..
Love as always,
Me 😉
This is a great start! I like the way the narrative flows, so smooth and mysterious at the same time. Very nice!
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And now you’ve got me all curious. Great start.
23 years! I’d have gone crazy with curiosity after the first year. She’s got some amazing patience. I’m very curious. Well written and intriguing
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Loved the start..!!!
A letter from an unknown person for 23 yrs…. how mysterious… 😉
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Mysterious hopefully the letters felt nice and not creepy. Interesting theme too Bhavya.
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sounds kind of creepy… great write up though …
Very well written! Letters are fairly rare these days but ripe for storytelling 🙂
I hope this story continues because I can’t wait to find out more! You have a great writing style 🙂
That was a mysterious start!!! 😮 23 years that means all my life. I wonder how it would be 😛
23 years and now she is worried…..wicked!! Can’t wait to read the whole story.
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has me all curious! 🙂 Great start!
For some reason, I remember reading a plot on similar lines…..
This plt has soo much potential.. u hv come a long way !
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What a start! Amazing how you create your own phrases – like the interest in the bank! Well done. More, please 🙂
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A letter from an unknown person on the 10th of every month for 23 years: intriguing!
Looking forward to more!
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Intriguing and now ur story has left me itching to know more, hope there’s more…
you got me hooked… I wanna know more 🙂 well written
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Someone sending letters for 23 years is kind of spooky too but one can’t help be curious too. I am waiting to know more about this sender in your next post, loved reading it.
Yay, a fictionist! This got me really interested. I’m curious if you’re writing the whole story based on the A to Z letter…?
And where is the WordPress LIKE button???????
Oops, sorry I didn’t introduce myself. I got here because of the A to Z Challenge. I think I’ll hang here for a while especially for the story 😀
I find it more odd that she didn’t attempt to discover the author of the letters before 23 years had passed. Lovely story! Happy A-Z! ♥
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That was mysterious!! I do hope you will be continuing this story!! Else i will be thinking all the time who might be that person 😀
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What a lovely, mysterious tale. You have me torn between deciding to know the identity of the person and staying in the joy of mystery 🙂
Lovely, glorious start to the challenge. Hugs 🙂
Wow! What a mysterious start!! Letters for 23 years from an unknown person… my curiosity is piqued. Looking forward to read more about this 🙂
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Good! Let the story with B come with a bang!
Hmmm . You made me very curious now… hope she finds out who that mysterious person was… Very captivating story – and a smashing start of the challenge:-) Well done:-)
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sometimes when a routine breaks, then we realize it has become an important part of our lives. The routine of 23 years was when broken, she pushed herself to find the address… I am curious about next like everyone here!
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Wonder who that was! 🙂 Love that you teamed up with your friend!
Love,
Vidya Sury

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Dear Bhavs,
I am so out of reading and writing that I am in lack of appropriate words to appreciate you. Needless to say the 1st post of the challenge is highly intriguing.
Lovely… I am craving for more 🙂
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Intrigued writing!
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Like very time your stories leaving us for more.. wonderfully woven 🙂
Wonderful story. Wonder if the mystery is ever solved?
Left me wondering about the sender of the letters! loved the way you described it!
kind of romantic…. who is the mysterious person?
Like always..
this piece of story made me crazy to wait for your upcoming stories on C-Z 🙂
23 years sounds too filmy.. 😛 who will send letters these days… Nice story outline to start with if you intend to have a second part..
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From 23 years letters. I wud hav gone hunting / her in the first year 😛
good start
good luck for your a to z
wow…quite mysterious..isn’t it? Interesting narration…so writing stories for the whole month..wow..I love stories 🙂
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you got me curious , wanting to read the part 2 ! very well presented .. enjoyed reading
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Argh! I want to know who wrote those letters!!!
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A for “Articulate”. A for “Amazing.” That’s what this is Bhavya. Now tell me did she find out who sent her those letters?
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