Just One More Reason

Some letters are never meant to be found.

Evelyn Rose Whitmore has always been good at keeping things where they belong—old books on their shelves, memories between their pages, and people she has lost safely in the past.

Until one rainy evening, an old letter slips from the pages of a forgotten photography book in her family's bookstore.

The envelope bears the name Eleanor Vane. Inside, a single sentence stops Evelyn cold:

I don't know how to ask you to stay.

The rest of the letter is damaged, its words fading into the years. But among the broken lines is a name Evelyn hasn't allowed herself to think about in a long time.

Julian.

Suddenly, a forgotten letter becomes a door to memories she thought she'd already closed—and to questions she was never brave enough to ask.

Because sometimes, the hardest part of losing someone isn't letting them go.

It's wondering if there was ever just one more reason to make them stay.