Love,
Susan
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: March 5, 2022
Susan,
I’m so glad to hear you’re officially in remission! I have some news of my own, though it pales in comparison: I’ve been accepted to do a DPhil at Oxford!
I know I said I’d maybe be back in the States for the summer, but Professor Beechem has given me a research opportunity which is too prestigious to pass up. I hope to see you soon. I miss you all the time.
Briar’s got a new man in her life? Please tell me more. Hope her apartment hunt is going well!
Alice
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: September 21, 2022
Dear Alice,
Sorry for the radio silence over the summer – camp seems to get more hectic every year. Or maybe I’m just getting older.
I meant to wish you a wonderful start to your first trimester before it began, but alas, no better time than the present! Jer is a friend from college and I take comfort in knowing you’ll have him looking out for you.
Love,
Susan
From: [email protected]
Subject: re: checking in
Date: August 28, 2023
S,
I know it’s been a while, but I hope you’re doing well. Another successful summer in the books?
Honestly, I’ve hardly been keeping in touch with anyone recently. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I write texts and emails and delete them, thinking no one could want to hear from me anyway. I know you will tell me this is all silly, and you’re probably right.
I moved to London last month. Tess convinced me it would make it easier to have a social life, to get out and date more (her goal for me, not mine, ha), but I think it’s just made me even more aware that I have exactly one friend.
Sorry to be throwing a pity party, I know you can’t stand that! But I needed to write to you, and this is how I’m feeling right now.
Did Briar make a decision about going back to college? I hope she doesn’t let her worries about her friends graduating already get in her way. I know she’ll be a brilliant teacher.
