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The entire city of Copenhagen looked like a winter wonder straight from Disney world. The lights dazzled in the streets like fireflies, spread across the vibrant capital of Denmark. The lifeless trees gleamed happily with LED lights.

"Hey, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh" echoed in  almost every house except the old manor at the corner of the street. This Manor belongs to the Clarke family. The Clarke's stopped celebrating Christmas when the head of the house Victor Clarke died abruptly on a Sunday morning in his study room.

The family was away for a Sunday morning service at the church when Victor passed away on his cozy armchair, the sudden demise left the family shattered and Victor's favorite festival Christmas felt like a stab for loved ones. Therefore, Clarke family didn't celebrate for past 5 years.

This year, too, 17-year-old Catherine Clarke was expecting no Christmas like usual. She sat beside the window of her bedroom blankly staring at the sparkling lights of the streets with teary eyes, remembering those old golden days when her father Victor celebrated Christmas with full enthusiasm and pomp.

Eleven old Kelvin suddenly threw a tantrum to celebrate Christmas like all his peers. Defeated by continuous meltdowns of Kelvin, grandma Margret, mother of Victor, agreed to have a Christmas celebration.

Margret gently spoke," Cathy, my child, your dad loved you and Kelvin more than anything. From now, we would do what Victor would love us to do, we will now celebrate Christmas. Now help your mom in the kitchen, she is making Victor's favorite carrot cake".

Catherine got stunned at first, but then she understood her grandmother Margret was correct. She quickly made her way to the kitchen, where her mom Scarlet was making the batter.

Catherine helped her mother in making ginger man cookies and carrot cake. She then thought to decorate a Christmas tree. She went to her room and searched for the favorite Christmas tree hidden under bed.

Furthermore, she swiftly dusted off the old Christmas tree. Then she adorned the Christmas tree with glittery Christmas ornaments. Catherine thought to put some fairy lights.

She happily covered the tree with fairy lights. But to her disappointment, the fairy lights didn't light up.

Kelvin suggested," Cathy, we can put some tinsels on it".

Catherine's face lit up as she heard about tinsel. "Yeah there are some tinsels kept in the attic " Catherine spoke as she made her way to the attic.

She looked in the old attic for tinsels. Finally, she found golden tinsels. As she picked up the tinsels, she saw an old wooden box. Inside the box , a folded tinted yellowish paper was kept carefully. She quickly opened the paper only to find a letter of her dear dad Victor.

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝 ,

𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝙰𝚗 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎.

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚎.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜. 𝙸 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚢𝚙𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝  𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚜.

𝙼𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚛.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎.

𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 14 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍.

𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

𝙰 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢.

𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝙸 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚗.

𝙽𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍.

𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚗.𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜.

𝙸 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝.

𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚖 𝙸 , 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛.

𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 7 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚘 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢.

𝙸𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎.

𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.

𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙶𝚘𝚍'𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚎. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.

𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢, 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜.

𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜.

𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎  𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝
𝚅𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛

As Catherine finished reading the letter, she could not hold back her tears. Her superman, her father Victor, was a cheater and liar. All the tears that the Clarke family shed for Victor now felt nothing but mockery to Catherine.

She heard footsteps approaching the storeroom. Hence, she hid the letter in the attic and wiped her tears.

Catherine Clarke celebrated this Christmas as if she never discovered the letter. A few months later, Catherine convinced her mother to remarry a gentleman named John, who had lost his wife in an accident.

Next Christmas Eve, Catherine visited her father's grave alone. She kept some flowers on the grave, and she whispered," Merry Christmas Dad, I forgive you for what you did. Your letter is our secret that I won't ever tell to my mom because now she deserves happiness, and you need peace. Rest in peace, dad. Within a few months I will marry Martin, I hope he remains faithful to me because nothing hurts more than broken promises".