Lucy,

I realize we haven't quite spoken in months years, but I could not help think of you this weekend when the latest issue of Witch Weekly was published. I mean no offense when I say that, for I was mentioned negatively in the very same issue, but it made me wonder how yours happily ever after has progressed.

Are you happy with Mr. Lukeson? He was in my year, too, you know, though I cannot claim to know him very well. I cannot imagine such an arrangement went off without a hitch, but I suspect I would have heard from you by now if you were wholly unhappy.

I have heard rumors about Ben Crouch and Miss Finch. She may not be my cousin by blood, but I know she has Flint blood. Have you heard from her? Is she well?

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