The attic smelled like dust and old regrets. She wasn’t looking for answers—just a place to start letting go. Then she found the typewriter. And the first letter addressed to her, in her father’s awkward, blocky type. “To my little bird. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you I was sick.” 🟫 Part 1 – The […]
She didn’t whimper when the needle went in—just blinked up at me with those cloudy eyes. Every Wednesday at 10:45, she limps in and curls up by the front desk. No barking. No leash tugging. Just quiet, old-dog waiting. Beside her sits a bunny in a vest, a lizard in a shoebox, and a cockatoo
She was just looking for winter quilts in the attic Instead, she found a Kodak box sealed since 1974. Inside? One camera. One undeveloped roll of film. What she saw changed everything. Because some summers never leave you — even if you forget to remember. 📖 Kodak Days – Part 1: The Drawer Beneath the
He never wanted to come back to that stretch of desert. But the nightmares didn’t stop — not even after twenty years. One name still haunted him more than the fallen: the one who saved him. Now, he’s finally tracked down the medic who pulled him from the flames. But the truth waiting for him
She came home to bury her mother — and found the man she never got to say goodbye to. Tucked in a box beneath the attic floor were thirty yellowing letters, never opened. All written by the soldier she once loved, from the jungles of Vietnam. All hidden by the woman who raised her —
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He never sent a single letter. Fifty years later, he finds out she wrote back. And her last words—buried in dust—shatter everything he believed. Some war wounds never bled. Some just sat in a shoebox, waiting to be read. 📖 Part 1 – The Box in the Attic Frank Delaney stood in his attic, sweat
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He once walked through fire and never truly came out The mirror shows skin, but the real scars are buried in silence. Thirty years after the Gulf War, Caleb Rourke still can’t say his name without shame. But when a little girl with burn marks asks about his, the past begins to rise like smoke.
He thought Vietnam was just a chapter—closed, sealed, buried beneath medals and silence. But on a narrow street in Da Nang, she pedaled by like a ghost. Same almond eyes. Same tilt of the head. Could the girl he once fed in the ruins of war still be alive? And if so… what became of
He only wanted to let go of the past. But the past wasn’t done with him. Inside a rusted helmet lay a photo — and a secret meant to stay buried. One young woman opens the lid, and fifty years of silence unravel. What she finds could rewrite a soldier’s final moments… and a mother’s
The old janitor never said much, but his dog always knew who needed him most. Some kids thought Lucky was just a hallway mascot — until the day he didn’t get up. Nobody knew the truth behind that green bandana, or the pain hidden in those limping legs. And when a girl found a vet
