To Kelly:

I offered you escape, but not soon enough. I knew you since we were little, and yet, never realized you suffered as I did. You always seemed repressed, but you had so much to live for. Maybe you didn't see it, but J.D. Dunn? He cared about you, ever since we were little. Do you remember the day we decided to go swimming, us locals and the summer kids? You were deadly scared of water, after you fell in the summer before and J.D. wasn't much of a swimmer, so while we went in, you two sat on the beach and talked. He gave you a ring too, I remember, from the dime store. We were all teenagers, fooling around and finding ourselves, but you kept it and his promises, close to your heart. You should have seen his face when the police crime-taped your house, a mixture of disbelief and hurt. I guess he thought you'd be around forever. But then again, so did I.

Goodbye Kelly.