Lucy received the worst news anyone could get from the doctors, so she decided to find her past love and tell him she still loved him in a letter. Sadly, another woman opened the door, and she had to leave the message with her. However, something sh-ocking happened as she walked away.

“Mrs. Franklin, I think it’s time to get your affairs in order. There’s nothing more we can do for you until you need hospice,” Dr. Martins told Lucy, who had been expecting some good news or at least a little bit of hope. “My best guess is that you only have around ten months to live.”

For the past few weeks, Lucy had been frequenting the doctor for just about every test under the sun because she had passed out at the grocery store where she worked as a manager. She had even gotten several opinions from different specialists, but they gave her the same answer: she only had a few months to live.

That’s when she realized that life was too short. People always said that, but Lucy never understood the words until her final diagnosis. It truly was. Every moment was fleeting, and every issue seemed incredibly inconsequential.

“Hello? can i help you? are you looking for someone?” the woman asked, tilting her head and looking at her curiously.
As she walked toward her car in the parking lot of the doctor’s office, she thought about her past and the things she regretted. She mainly had lived contently, but there was one significant blunder in her memories: her breakup with Mike.

Mike had been her college boyfriend, and they even planned to get married after graduation. But there was a terrible misunderstanding due to another girl at their graduation party, and they eventually separated for good because Lucy had lost trust in him.

I was so stupid,” she muttered to herself, getting in her car and starting the ignition. But she didn’t drive off yet. “What if he was telling the truth? Why did I waste so much time?”

She pounded on the steering wheel in anger and then leaned her head on it, crying at everything happening at that moment.

Her life had been simple. After college, she landed a job, bought a house in her hometown in Destin, Florida, and she even got a dog named Darwin. Most of her nights were spent relaxing and bingeing on Netflix. It was comfortable, and she loved it.

But as she cried inside her car, she came to a decision and a realization. She was still desperately in love with Mike, and she needed him to know, even if it seemed like the most selfish move she could make.

“I think the universe will forgive me for this,” she told herself, moving the gear stick and driving out of the lot. She went home, did a quick search on Facebook, and found Mike immediately. She could tell that he was still in the same town as her. But she didn’t know where he had moved, so she took a chance and decided to call his mother.

Luckily, the older woman remembered her fondly and revealed his address without issue. Lucy didn’t dare ask anything else about Mike’s life for the past few years. She wanted to find out from him. She was about to grab her keys and drive there, but a thought stopped her.

“What am I going to say? How am I going to say it?” she wondered to herself and jiggled the keys in nervousness. Suddenly, she thought about writing a letter. She could write everything down, except for her diagnosis. She only wanted him to know her feelings. It was the only way she would find peace now that her fate was sealed.

Lucy sat at her kitchen table for a while, throwing away several drafts until she finally got everything down. “It’s perfect now. This is all I need to say, no matter what happens next,” she said, holding the letter to her face and reading it one last time.

She placed it in an envelope and grabbed her keys again, rushing to the address. Her heart started racing after knocking on the door. She moved nervously in place and smiled when the door opened. But her face completely changed when a pretty woman answered the door.

Oh my god! Of course, Mike is married. What was I thinking? she thought to herself as her mouth opened and no sound came out.”Hello? Can I help you? Are you looking for someone?” the woman asked, tilting her head and looking at her curiously.

Lucy had to think quickly because this was a terrible idea. Would her letter ruin Mike’s life? Should she just run away and forget about this? No, she needed him to have it, no matter what. But it didn’t have to come from her strictly.

“Ahh, I’m a courier, and I have this letter for Mike Hanson. This is his address, correct?” Lucy lied, trying to calm herself to seem more genuine. “Yeah, Mike lives here. I can give him that. Thank you,” the woman said, grinning. She took the envelope from Lucy’s hand and closed the door.

Finally, Lucy breathed a sigh and started walking away. She hoped nothing terrible would happen between Mike and his wife because of her actions. Despite not seeing him, a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. This was the right move for her.

That was her thought as she strolled down the street toward her parked automobile. But then a pair of arms wrapped around her and stopped her in her tracks. She wanted to scream, but Mike’s words drowned everything out.

“Hey, you,” he began, his tone transporting her back to their college days and the sweet moments of first love. She twisted in his arms, stunned, and gazed at him.

“What are you doing, Mike? What about your spouse?” “What about my wife? Are you referring to my cousin? Sandra is her name. Did you ever meet?” He responded, surprising her. Her eyes widened as she shook her head, and her relief was palpable. Mike had never been married. “No, I’d have remembered her.”

“Sandra, to be precise. She handed me your letter, which I just read over before I had to hurry out the door to find you, but I got the idea of it. So you still have feelings for me?” Mike inquired, teasingly yet with all the love he felt for her.

Lucy laughed and hugged him back, nodding as tears welled up in her eyes. “I do, indeed.” They went inside, and Mike read the letter more carefully. Then Lucy had to explain why she had written the letter, which astonished Mike at first.

But he didn’t want to be without her again. Lucy was glad for his vow to remain by her side for anything, including additional doctor’s appointments. At one point, he told Lucy about the other lady at graduation who tried to flirt with him but he didn’t have time to reject her before Lucy spotted them and misinterpreted the situation.

Lucy was relieved to learn the truth, even if it didn’t matter anymore. All that mattered was that they spent as much time as they could together. She di-ed in her bed, with her dog on one side and Mike holding her hand on the other.