Dear Lily,

While death is knocking on my door, I sometimes wonder if I might just see Marcus in hell after all. What if God will never forgive me? Father Jennings, all those years ago during confession, had said, “The good Lord forgives all sins.” But I’m still scared Lily.

I didn’t want anyone else to get murdered because of me so I stayed away from everyone. I didn’t want to lose yet another loved one. I started with so many and then I barely had any left. All those years, I kept hoping Kate would finally show up on my doorstep. I couldn’t bring myself to leave that house.   

I listened on the radio programs about the outside world. Then television was invented and I watched the outside world, but I n...

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