I couldn't take it anymore.Who was she to hurt and reject me? What was so special about her? My only weapon was to lash out at her with something that could hurt and cause pain. I type out a message to her borne out of anger and frustration.

Her reply comes swiftly and her message is waiting for me in my in-box. The tone of her reply is serious and she starts with my name in full. She promises never to write back.

Any e-mail can be saved on magnetic disk or on paper to be recalled time and again. It is this message that I stare into with disbelief after a few months of sending it. Had I been so rash, so frustrated that the only way of venting out was through those words?

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