Like Letters Written in the Sand: Part Forty Five

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“I dreamt I was a child, but this time it was different, I had the childhood I could have only dreamed of, the parents who loved me unconditionally.”

Clarence nodded, feeling his heartbreak thinking that her happy childhood was only thing of dreams. She did not have that safety net to fall back on, when things got tough.

“I’m sorry a happy childhood was only a thing of dreams.” Clarence said, gently squeezing Anna-leis hands.

“I have everything I could have dreamed of, and more.” Anna-leis said, looking at Clarence, his eyes held such passion, such love. She had no idea what she had done to deserve a man like Clarence but she counted herself as blessed.

“You deserved to have a better childhood than you did, no child deserves to be treated the way your parents treated you.”

“I know that now, you helped me to see that, but as a little girl I thought it was something I did.”

“Sweetheart I am sorry you were ever made to feel that way. You didn’t deserve that, no one does.”

Anna-leis nodded, choking back tears without knowing why. Her emotions often came…