295 SENJA's LETTER 2 edited

In the corner of the wardrobe she found a sliding panel that was made of very thin wood. It had a round hook on the upper end. Senja had to tiptoe to be able to reach it.

That hook was like a clasp, she pulled it out and heard a 'click' sound. The panel then slid open.

Senja looked in amazement at the number of the papers inside. It was a cache of sheets!

The thin panel was probably withering away and hence Senja had found the part with splinters. Aunt Hu could have also seen it when she had cleaned up the wardrobe, perhaps she hadn't paid much attention and thought nothing more of it.

Senja snatched a handful of the sheets and sat down on the floor while perusing the contents.

(You can nod your head if you like it.)

(I like the weather today. It's raining. I love rain.)

(What is your name? I am Senja.)

(Are you sure, you don't want to eat again? You need to eat more. Aunt Su told me that if you are sick you need to eat a lot, that way you will recover faster.)

(I will bring more blankets tomorrow.)

Senja read through all the letters one by one. It didn't look like letters; more like messages which the real Senja used to communicate with the other person.

**But, who?**

As far as Senja knew, no one ever came into this courtyard ever since the real Senja went missing. Therefore, she was very certain that these letters belonged to her.

Based on the content, Senja could roughly grasp the situation around the time.

The real Senja had been hiding someone, and this person seemed to have been injured pretty bad and lost the ability to hear. It was obvious from the way Senja communicated with the person.

And the next question that popped up Senja's mind was; **Where did she hide this person? **

It was impossible that Senja had hid the person inside her room, because one of the letters mentioned that Hikari or Rindy would at times barge into her room and throw her things or tie her up in the middle of the winter night and remove her blanket and outer robe, so Senja would freeze the entire night.

The more Senja read about what they had done to the former Senja, the more she could feel her blood boil with rage. She had never met this Elder Dam's granddaughter Senja, but to be treated in the way her family had treated her was something unacceptable to her.

It wasn't a diary, but more like a one-way conversation- from Senja to the other person. All of this was in the real Senja's handwriting, so Senja assumed the other person couldn't hear Senja, but was still able to talk. Thus, it was only Senja who had had to write all this.

Senja stood up and snatched another handful of those letters then sat back again on the floor to read. Most of the contents of the letters was Senja asking how this person felt that day, she would talk about random things like weather, food, places that she wanted to visit and people that she wanted to see.

Senja stumbled on a part where the former Senja had mentioned Ye Bai.

(I miss Aunt Su, she is Uncle Ye Bai's wife. She is pretty and very kind. They have a son named Ye Qing. If I have a little brother, I want him to be like Ye Qing. He is a good child.)

Senja never knew if Uncle Su had a wife or even a son. No wonder, Uncle Su knew right away that she wasn't the real Senja, as it turned out, the real McCoy seemed quite close with his family. Perhaps she could ask something about this when she met Uncle Su.