The Unopened Letter

While cleaning my attic, I found a dusty, unopened letter addressed to me from twenty years ago. The handwriting was familiar, but I couldn’t place it. Curiosity got the best of me, and I opened it. Inside was a simple note: "I told you I’d never leave." Below the words, there was a photo of me as a child — but I wasn’t alone in the picture. Someone stood beside me, a figure I had never seen before, smiling.