Secret Knowledge Part Four
Christina gently removed the picture from Callie’s shaking hand and replaced it with the letter, box and rose. Callie arched a teary, bloodshot eyebrow at her so she said “They aren’t from me, I was given them today with two notes” these she also handed over. Placing the dog eared photograph on the coffee table she walked towards her bedroom, with one last look at Callie over her shoulder she gently shut her bedroom door, leaving Callie to her gifts and her thoughts.
Callie was looking at her hands and the gifts there in; she gently caressed the blood red metal rose that fit the palm of her hand perfectly. Taking the letter up she opened it slowly and took out the piece of paper within, she watched as a cascade of rose petals dropped from the letter as she opened it, carpeting her legs with their color and bringing the scent to her now fully healed nose, it was heavenly.
Opening the letter up more fully, she began to read, instantly recognizing the beautifully flowing handwriting that only belonged to one person.
Callie it began, so she leaned back against the couch and prepared herself for what was to come.