Review: Good short story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
I wish this one had been longer!The story opens with our hero, Noah, as a young man.  The girl he was going to marry has died.  He writes his final letter to her.Valeria is a 32 year old spinster, and she resides with her elderly Aunt Lydia.  They had just moved to an old house, and while exploring the attic, the ladies come across a trunk containing old letters.  Twenty years have passed since they were written.Lydia can't resist reading the letters and becomes quite upset when she discovers the woman they were written to had died.  She makes some inquiries and finds out the man who wrote them is still living.  She and her niece go to meet him, however he isn't accustomed to company anymore and appears quite rude.Valeria feels the letters should be returned so the two women go once again.  This time Noah is friendlier.  Lydia feels there is the strong possibility of an attraction between her niece and Noah.Lydia had been experiencing some health problems but kept the severity of them to herself.  Noah asked the ladies to stay to dinner and Lydia takes ill.  The ladies remain at Noah 's home.  Valeria and Noah get better acquainted, and sure enough, there is something going on between them.Within those few days Lydia dies.  Valeria will go to live with her brother and his family until she can decide what to do.  She had received a proposal of marriage from one man she had known for years, but she doesn't have for him the sort of feelings she has for Noah.Noah makes the effort to rejoin the living, and it is because of Valeria.  He can finally let go of the past and have happiness again.To be honest, I didn't care for the brief supernatural scene.  That struck me as hokey, and I think it could have been left out.This was a sweet story, and I would recommend it.