She disappeared silently from his world, and everyone kept silent in a tacit agreement, telling a lie that no one dared to expose.
After that, a letter from a stranger arrived on time, and he was too scared to touch it.
It wasn't until the third year, when I opened the latest letter, that I finally dared to go back and reread the first two letters.
The layers of gentle words were peeled away, hiding the truth that made him suffocate instantly - it turned out that this long farewell had no return date from the beginning.