TO: [email protected] ( @aegnus ) FROM: [email protected] SUBJECT: He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace...
Dear Bella,
I considered writing you a letter, but I realized you might not enjoy snail mail. Nor could you possibly enjoy the pages and pages I would send you and emails require word counts. Lucky you. I find writing quite therapeutic, whether as a form of communication or perhaps in a journal, and talking to you in any way always improves my mood, so this seemed an excellent idea to better my mental health. Also, Esme suggested this might be more preferable to you than a phone call and I find she is often right about most things. Mothers usually have that quality, I think.
How is Forks? Perhaps it feels an unnecessary question. Forks never really changes, does it? But I want to know your thoughts on it lately. Hanover is picturesque. I think you would enjoy it. Fall suits it well, I’d say, for how antique the town appears in the throes of autumn. The glow of it all inspires cinematic poetry and cinematic films alike, that is for certain. I found a little book store just the other day that I think you would be particularly fond of, but I had to restrain myself from purchasing anything lest I face your displeasure for gifts. I will just have to settle for relaying my assumption of your supposed joy in such a place over this email. Unless you might find the means for a visit.
I miss you, Bella. I see you everywhere I go and I do not believe this will ever change for me. I see you in the press of cold fingers to warm coffee mugs and the steam that rises from those mugs to greet smiling faces. I see you in the weathered books collecting dust in the back corners of the Dartmouth library. I see you in the sun rise, the moon setting, and every evening, too.
Please do not feel obligated to respond. I only wanted you to know that I am thinking of you; it is impossible not to be thinking of you, Bella. I hope this email finds you well. Stay safe. Be careful with yourself.
Yours, Edward















