My best friend perished in a vehicle crash 7 years ago. No one found her phone. A SMS from her number arrived last night. A photo of us giggling during her 16th birthday. I typed \u201cWho is this?\u201d We saw 3 dots. I froze when told, \u201cCheck your\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking at the message, my palms trembled. \u201cCheck your\u2026\u201d I waited but got nothing. Typing halted. I threw my locked phone on the bed like it was burning me.<\/p>\n
Unable to sleep. My imagination raced through various possibilities, including a nasty joke, swindle, or other possibilities. I couldn\u2019t shake my gut instinct. Nobody had that photo online. She took it with her phone, so no one else had it. Only two of us that day.<\/p>\n
At 2:34 AM, curiosity won. I grabbed my phone again. The message remained. I enlarged the shot. The mirror behind us showed a reflection I hadn\u2019t observed before. A date. Her bedroom mirror contained a sticky note. Her handwriting read: \u201cJuly 5 \u2013 library box.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catching my breath. July 5 was following week.<\/p>\n
In high school, \u201clibrary box\u201d was our secret code. We kept small notes in a free community library stand at Elm and Greystone. We termed it a \u201ctime capsule.\u201d We never discovered it, nor did our parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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