After I Read-Personal Narrative

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52 years ago...
I found it in a second hand book which I had bought from a garage sale. I didn’t see it while scanning the book before buying it. I was completely surprised to find it. I had settled to read the book at bedtime when it just sprung out of the pages of the book. If I was surprised after finding the letter, I was downright shocked as I read it.2
After I was done reading, I put it on the table. I couldn't bear to hold it for long. I clutched my head in my hands. I didn't know what to think of it all, I didn't know what to do. All my senses had disappeared.
After a while, I tried to convince myself that I had somehow misunderstood it. I tried to convince myself that my eyes were playing a cruel joke on me and I hadn't really read

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