She Received a Letter From Her Mother 10 Years After Her Death
Some secrets are buried for a reason. Others wait patiently for the right person to uncover them.
Chapter 1: Three Knocks at Midnight
At exactly midnight on a cold October night, Emily Carter heard three knocks on her front door.
She lived alone in a small house on the outskirts of a quiet American town. Rain tapped against the windows, and the wind pushed dead leaves across the porch.
Emily checked her phone.
12:00 AM.
She wasn’t expecting anyone.
When the knocking came again, she pulled a blanket around her shoulders and walked toward the front window.
The porch was empty.
Then she noticed something lying beside the doormat.
An envelope.
Her name was written across the front in elegant handwriting she hadn’t seen in ten years.
Her mother’s handwriting.
