Devin Blackthorn ☀ Mordred (wearingserpents) wrote in reincarnatecomm, @ 2015-06-16 23:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | daniel morgan, devin blackthorn |
Good old-fashioned snail mail
Daniel Morgan
c/o Camelot Enterprises
[Address]
Dear Daniel Mr. Morgan,
I admit, I'm not even certain how to start this letter, or if I should send it at all. I'm well aware that you're a busy man, and I don't have much time to capture your attention before you move on to the far more important things you have to do, so I should probably come to the point: I'm your brother. I'd try to explain the circumstances, but I'm sure I don't need to, from what I've heard of our father's reputation. Heard only, obviously, since I never met him. My mother decided that if he didn't want her, he couldn't have me, either, and decided to keep the fact that I existed a secret from him. She [here a dark dot of ink, as if the pen rested there for a long moment as the writer contemplated how to word what he has to say] told me about their affair, and how it ended. Mostly the end.
I asked several times, growing up, about meeting all of you, but my mother said no, and I eventually gave up asking. I wanted to make contact when I heard about our father's death, but my mother got sick, and the doctor advised me not to upset her. She passed away recently, and I've decided that if I don't reach out and try to make contact now, I never will.
It would be pointless to pretend that I don't know who you all are. My mother is a reincarnate, as am I, and the Morgan family isn't what you'd call low profile. I don't blame you if you don't believe that I am actually your brother. Even if you do, I don't blame you if you aren't interested in getting to know me. I'm long past the age where I need family to take me in, and it could be too late to develop any kind of relationship at all. I needed to try, though, I hope you understand, and I hope you aren't offended by the effort. I've heard you're a good man.
It seems unfair, knowing so much about you when you haven't had the chance to learn anything about me. I'm thirty-two years old. As I said, I was raised by a single mother. I grew up in New York, but I'm living in Philadelphia now, working as a research librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. I've never been married, and I live alone. No serious relationships, I've never met anyone I cared about more than I care about my books.
If you've taken the time to read this, I appreciate it, even if you don't respond. I won't know if you have, of course, but I think I'll choose to pretend you did, anyway.
Warmest regards,
Devin Blackthorn