When the Wind is Sweet: The Fairy Tale of Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster-Chapter 717: A Letter to Adrian
These words are brief but their meaning is profound. I’m sincerely returning you now, hoping it’s not too late.
I hope the best medical team can cure you, and that you can wake up.
I hope your son, who is now an adult, can protect you well.
Caleb, my words can no longer reach your northern shore. My longing has to end at the mountain of barriers, and now I’ve come to realize, the world is too vast to reach, and you and I are never meant to be.
Perhaps, we will never meet again.
Or perhaps, this letter may never reach your hands.
But no matter what, Caleb, I want to sincerely say sorry to you. I hope considering I’ve cared for you for twenty years, you won’t blame me too much for my ignorance and selfishness.
From now on, my pillow holds a moldy dream, with you whom I can’t have living within it.
Caleb, knowingly doing something impossible is a conscious indulgence. For the past twenty years, my heart has been filled with torment every day.
The last thing I wish for is this, for every day of the rest of your life, I wish you peace.
The final sign-off is —— Claire, who will pray for you all her life.
Upon reading the last sentence, Caleb Lancaster’s fingers gently caressed the weighty words on the paper, his deep and dark eyes full of tears.
This letter bore marks smudged by tears; she cried while writing it.
Alas, the ones we meet in the sea of people are eventually to be returned to it.
Fate is something truly beyond human control.
After reading the letter, Caleb Lancaster solemnly tore it into pieces and threw it into the trash without holding any attachments.
He sat down in the chair, leaned slightly forward, with his elbows on his knees, and covered his face, which looked remarkably similar to Adrian Lancaster.
He is a man with a wife and child; he won’t keep such a letter to leave hidden dangers for his future married life.
He also understands how short life is and the importance of cherishing those around him.
However, emotions are an inherent part of human nature.
Moreover, having been together for twenty years, hearing her voice every day, receiving her care, and feeling her presence, it has long become a habit.
Suddenly leaving just a letter and departing without giving a chance to say "thank you" is, in fact, a very cruel thing.
At this moment, the feelings Caleb Lancaster has can only be understood by himself, others really can’t empathize.
This night, insomnia is destined for him.
Returning home, Adrian Lancaster entered the study while Faye Turner went to shower, opened the drawer, glanced at the letter for four or five seconds, and finally took it out.
If it wasn’t for bringing the letter to his father tonight, he never intended to look at the contents inside.
Adrian Lancaster’s mood tonight is different from before, he sat at the desk, his distinct fingers opened the folded letter——
Hello President Lancaster, I am Claire Keller, uncertain if you will see this letter, but the content here is what I’ve longed to say to you deeply from my heart.
I know I am not in a position to ask for your forgiveness. Twenty years ago, I selfishly took your father away, causing you to lose paternal love since then.
You must hate me very much, a simple apology feels empty and powerless, but still, I have to say it to you.
Sorry, President Lancaster, all of this was my fault.
I hope you don’t harbor hatred towards your father for the rest of your life. Your father never had the ability to choose back then, all the blame rests upon me, and he was not involved.
In fact, from the day you took your father back, I’ve been at ease in my heart, believing you must have a way to cure him and protect him for the rest of his life.
Moreover, President Lancaster, I want to remind you to be wary of your aunt; Melanie Lancaster, like Elias Young, was the perpetrator of the accident against your father back in the day.
Before your father awakens, my words carry little weight, and I could only keep this significant secret hidden in my heart.
