A Thousand Sleepless Nights by Teri Harman

Author:Teri Harman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing
Published: 2018-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Matilda dropped to the couch, a hand to her chest. I am here. Who are you? The room stilled, the sound of the rain lost to the rush in her ears. She saw Henry’s lips, his freckles, in her head.

Henry?

No, not possible.

I’m losing my mind.

Matilda lowered the paper. It hurt to breathe. Her skin felt cold. The letters had come after seeing him, after the times they had been together. Coincidence? Her eyes moved to the keys. Her fingers itched to type a response.

She wanted to ask one question: Is it you?

But what if she got an answer?

Matilda stood quickly, dropping the paper to the coffee table.

Maybe she was so alone, so sad, that she’d conjured this whole letter thing to comfort herself. Her mind was so broken she not only didn’t remember a huge chunk of time, but now she’d created magical, romantic letters from a mysterious stranger. Before all this, Jetty, on her deathbed, had spoken of passionate love. Matilda had been willing to leave everything in the middle of the night to find it.

Now six years missing and these letters.

But perhaps none of it was real. Had the want to find love forced her mind into madness?

I’ve gone crazy chasing things that don’t exist.

What other explanation was there?

There was no way to consider romance when her life was such a junkyard. Romance meant opening your life, your heart, your mind. What would she say when he asked about her past or her plans for the future? There was no room for passion and love when each day was a scrappy battle of survival.

Matilda gathered the three letters. She should burn them, but couldn’t bring herself to destroy the stunning words, real or imagined. Folding the papers in half, she pulled one of her favorite childhood books from the shelves. A Second Treasury of the World’s Greatest Fairy Tales. An old, large volume with vibrant illustrations that instantly reminded her of nights snuggled next to Jetty while she read the enchanted tales. Matilda opened the book, placed the letters inside, and closed it with a resolved snap.

“No more craziness,” she whispered to herself. “This ends now. Get a grip. Be normal. Jetty is gone. Six years are missing. You’re alone. Move on. It’s okay.” She looked at the picture of Cinderella running down the stairs of a grand castle, her carriage waiting. “Henry is not your prince charming. It’s not real.”

Matilda slid the book back into its spot.

It’s not real.

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