↓ TranscriptChapter 23 (A partially open envelope. There is a heart sticker attached to the point of the closing flap.)
Chapter 23
↓ Transcript(Emily is checking the mailbox upon returning home from school. She flips through the letters and finds the envelope with the heart on it from the chapter cover page. She reads the addressed side first, then is startled upon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptLATER (Emily is in casual clothing now, playing a video game at the home console. Dee arrives.) Emily (whispering): Oh! Dee! Good, you’re here! Dee: -SIGH- Such a violent game… Emily: They’re just pixels, geez. I gotta show you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Wait, you don’t know who sent this? Emily: Not a clue. Dee: Seriously? Emily: Yeah, why? Do you know? Dee: No, I don’t know, I just thought you’d have some idea. I mean, there can’t be many people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Hey, do you think you could find out for me? Dee: You mean… spy? Emily: Um yeah. Dee: I don’t really want to do that. Emily: Oh. Dee: Besides, aren’t you supposed to figure this out for yourself?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I dunno. I hope not. This isn’t really anything but a confession of attraction, is it? I don’t want to like someone just because they like me. That doesn’t seem very genuine, somehow. Dee: So what are you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Well, this letter, as of now. Other than that… it’s mostly just stuff to do with my parents. You know in all those books and movies where the main character’s some kind of orphan? Dee: Yeah? Emily: And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: The year before you were born, yes? Emily: Yep. He was on exchange with university. He was 20, I think, or 21. She was nearly 30. They met at some kind of political protest… I think I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you. Emily: I’m not offended. It’d be cool to be half Scottish. But I’m just not. I’m not mad at you, Dee. I’m mad at him. Dee: Do you wish he’d[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: But he couldn’t have known that either, so maybe… Emily: When everyone knew she was doomed, she rang him up and said ‘Hey I’m about to die. Would you like your child?’ He said no, and didn’t care[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…