Animals
Audrey had just settled into bed with the book she was reading when she heard a jarring tapping sound coming from her window. Looking over nervously, she saw a small, dark brown owl hovering in front of the glass. Attached to its foot was a small scroll of parchment. She chuckled and rolled out of bed and over to the window. The bird flew in once she opened the pane, and perched itself on her reading lamp.
"Well this is interesting." Audrey said to no one in particular as she went to take the scroll of the owl's foot. "Most blokes just say they'll phone, and then they don't even do that."
Audrey,
I will try and keep this as brief as I can. While I have sincerely enjoyed the time we've spent together, I believe that we should not see each other again. You should know that first of all, this was not an easy letter to write. Secondly, I think very highly of you and can honestly say that the reasons for this severing of ties have nothing to do with who you are as a person. I wish you nothing but the best in the future.
Percy
She was rendered speechless for a moment. Then she crumpled the parchment and threw it into the wastebasket by her bedroom door. It felt like someone had just punched her square in the stomach. The owl hooted, and Audrey was too weary and sad and angry to jump at the startling noise. She looked into its large eyes and sighed. "I was wrong. He's just as bad as the others." The owl stared blankly. "You can go now, thanks for the letter I suppose." With that, it flapped its little wings off the lamp perch and out the open window. Audrey went to bed, feeling, for lack of a better word, dumped.
