Chapter 17: Confusion and worry
Ramses wrote a new letter, leaving his responsibilities as crown prince behind just this once.
My dear Dedyet,
Your ranting is just fine with me. You can complain all you want as long as it makes you feel calmer. Sometimes it's better to let things out before the worry enters your beautiful soul. Let me tell you, my family is far from perfect. There is a lot of pressure set on us, but my parents would literally torture me for admitting this. You know, my father has no interest in Lower Egypt like he had before. He wants me to move on, but I am unable to do this, because I can't forget you. Maybe we have to accept everything the way it is. Keep contact through our letters and live our lives away from each other. Somehow. Do you understand me? I am sad about the way it is, but we need to face the fact that we may never see each other again. I hope we will in afterlife.
In love, Ramses
He managed to get it send away immediately.
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Just that he didn't get an answer. Not in the next few days and not in the next week either. Ramses really wondered why. Could it be that something had happened to her? Or was she done with him now? Maybe his letter had been too negative? Ramses prayed to Hathor – the goddess of love – that an answer would present itself soon. The wait was slowly but surely killing him.