Dear Desmond: Love Letters, #4

By KL Donn

From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes the fourth stand alone installment in the Love Letters short story series.

 

Love by accident.

Dear North,
I don't know what I expected.
This wasn't it.
You weren't it.
And yet, you're everything.

Dear Desmond,
I was so alone, until your letter.
Your compassion gave me life.
Your love is my everything.

• Language: English
• Publisher: KL Donn
• Release date: Mar 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386498216

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Dear Desmond

Dear Desmond

Love Letters Book 4

KL DONN

KL Writes

Contents

Synopsis

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Epilogue One

Epilogue Two

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by KL Donn

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Synopsis

Love by accident…

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Dear North,

I don’t know what I expected.

This wasn’t it.

You weren’t it.

And yet, you’re everything.

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Dear Desmond,

I was so alone, until your letter.

Your compassion gave me life.

Your love is my everything.

Dedication

For you.

Prologue

Desmond

Loneliness is what happens when you put your life on hold. When you choose to be something bigger than yourself.

Loneliness is what happens when you watch your friends, your commanders, find the girl of their dreams.

Loneliness is not knowing if you’ll make it home, and if you do, will someone be waiting for you.

As of right now, I have no one. Nothing.

An empty condo on the fifth floor of a small downtown block in Kitsap, Washington. Growing up in Seattle, it wasn’t a stretch for me to join the Navy. With no family and few friends, the decision had been easy.

Now, ten years later, I wish I’d taken the time to form some type of relationship with other people outside of Navy life. Witnessing Maverick—one of my best friends—find the love of his life, preceded by our former Captain and Lieutenant, I can admit I’m jealous of their luck.

Mav suggested getting my own pen pal.

So I have.

The person’s name is North Williams. He or she—we don’t get told gender—is nineteen and part of a rehab program in Everett that matches troubled youth with a good influence.

Yeah, I laughed at that one too.

Growing up in foster care, I wasn’t the best role model. Thankfully, I managed to do something with my life before I became another statistic.

I look