February 10th, 1891

Dear Zelda,

Please, allow me to extend my belated heartfelt excitement towards yours and Mr. Darrow's courtship. He's a rare soul, as are you, and I wish you both the best.

I also want to apologize for any confusion my flushed cheeks might've caused. Please, believe me when I say I care for Mr. Darrow as a dear friend, a brother even. I don't know the exact specifics of what the magic cookies entailed, but nothing of significance ever happened between he and I. Nor do I wish it to. He's certainly handsome and —*

If you're ever free for a drink I'd love to catch up more about where the last year has taken us.

Jo

Although her handwriting contains much of the same characteristics, it is now a much sloppier version. Some letters have random lines going through them as though the quill suddenly shifted mid-stroke.

*scribbled out so that it's illegible.

  

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Jo,

February 11th

I appreciate your excitement. The biscuits were allegedly meant to indicate attraction via the pink cheeks; I'm not sure exactly what potion was used.

I'm mostly unavailable for drinks -- my family has taken a stricter approach to chaperoning recently. I can ask Dorian, he's a little bit more fun than the rest of them? When works for you?

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Z. Fisk

  

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February 12th, 1891

Dear Zelda,

I'll not deny that I think he's handsome. But, so are a great many other men and women that I never even engage with. Really, if something were to happen between he and I it would've happened ages ago when neither of us were attached to someone else. And it didn't. You have nothing to fear from me. (I'll even help arrange an unchaperoned visit if I can be of assistance there.)

Perhaps it's best to wait, then. Dorian may be fun, but he'll still likely frown upon any tales I have to tell.

Jo

  

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Jo,

February 13th

Yes, you've both been entirely insistent that nothing has ever happened over the course of a friendship I know none of the details of.

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Z. Fisk

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February 14th, 1891

Zelda,

We met on the docks last winter, shortly after I returned home from Venezuela, actually. He helped me track down my missing trunks and we met up for drinks a few times. When the whole curse business was happening we sat in the quiet for awhile. I wrote to him for advice in December when I was cursed myself. It was the first time we'd spoken since early summer.

Are those enough details for you? Or shall I continue invading his and my privacy to reassure you that there's nothing to uncover?

Happy Valentine's Day.

Jo

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