The Letter She Could Never Throw

The Letter She Could Never Throw
“I hope you have a good rest of your life,” he wrote. “Because I’m going to have a good life.”

SACRAMENTO, CA – APRIL 27: Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected “Golden State Killer”, appears in court for his arraignment on April 27, 2018 in Sacramento, California. DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer, is believed to be the East Area Rapist who killed at least 12 people, raped over 45 women and burglarized hundreds of homes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

His name was Anthony Avalos. Ten years old. Honor roll. The fastest runner in class. A boy who moved his desk to welcome a new student — because he remembered what loneliness felt like.
Two weeks after giving that letter to his teacher Harmony Bell, he was gone.


Thirteen warnings. Thirteen chances.
She kept the letter. Because some promises deserve to be remembered.

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