The Truth
Underneath a large oak tree, Helen stuck the shovel into the ground. After digging for a while, at around half a meter down, the old woman ran into something hard. Helen slowly dug around the hard object. She could see the contours of a red metal chest. The woman tried to open the chest but to no avail. Eventually, she figured out that the combination to the padlock was the date of their anniversary.
Inside there was a letter. On the paper, it read in Paul’s handwriting the following: “Dear Helen, if you’re reading this, I’m already gone. While I always want to be with you, there will come a day when one of us has to leave the other. Maybe someday I’ll be forced to dig up this chest, and you’ll never read this letter. That blonde woman from the past was not an important client. She was a representative at our bank. My mother left me a large sum of money which I have put in a special safe. In this chest, you will find a key. Show this key to an employee at the bank, and he’ll give you access to the safe. Love you, Paul.”
In order to protect the privacy of those depicted, some names, locations, and identifying characteristics have been changed and are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblances to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, are entirely coincidental.