📥 “Cocoa Writes Anthony One Final Letter — The One She Never Meant to Send”
Chapter One: The Letter That Was Never Meant to Be Opened
Cocoa sat by her bedroom window, the sky turning grey with the weight of everything left unsaid. For weeks, she had been holding something inside — a secret that clawed at her like regret.
She had written the letter at 2 a.m., tears soaking the ink before the words had even finished forming. She wasn’t sure why she wrote it — maybe for herself. Maybe to finally let go.
“You’ll never read this,” she whispered as she folded the paper.
But fate had other plans.
Chapter Two: The Envelope Left Behind
Three days later, Cocoa rushed out of her apartment to meet a friend, accidentally dropping her journal into her tote bag — the one that held the sealed envelope.
She didn’t notice.
But someone else did.
That evening, Anthony arrived to pick up a box of his old things from Cocoa’s. They had agreed to keep things “cordial” despite the chaos surrounding Shayla, Kai, Amber, and everything in between.
Cocoa wasn’t home. Her roommate let him in.
While gathering his things, the journal slipped open… and the envelope fell out.
It had his name on it.
“Anthony — Do NOT Open.”
But how could he not?
Chapter Three: Reading the Truth
He sat on the couch, fingers trembling.
He hesitated… but opened it.
"Anthony,"
"If you're reading this, then I was careless. Or maybe the universe finally decided to betray me the way I betrayed myself."
"There are things I’ve watched you walk through — betrayal, pain, lies... and I stood by, biting my tongue, acting like I wasn’t burning inside."
"You deserved the truth about Kai from the start. But I didn’t tell you."
Anthony froze.
"Yes, Shayla lied. Yes, Angelina helped. But I knew. I found out weeks before the second DNA test — and I said nothing."
"Not because I wanted to protect her… but because I was scared of what it would do to you."
"I’ve loved you in silence for too long. Not in a romantic way. But as someone who watched you fall apart, rebuild, and fall again. And I couldn’t be the one to break you one more time."
"You trusted me. And I failed you."
"This is me apologizing. Not for what I knew — but for not being brave enough to say it sooner."
"Cocoa."
Chapter Four: The Confrontation
Cocoa returned home to find her door wide open.
Anthony was standing in the hallway, the letter in his hand.
“You read it,” she said, voice shaking.
“Yeah,” Anthony replied. “And I don’t know whether to thank you or never speak to you again.”
“I didn’t mean for you to see it—”
“But I did.”
A long silence. Two broken friends. One burned bridge between them.
“Why didn’t you tell me, Cocoa?” he asked.
She looked up, tears already forming.
“Because you were hanging on by a thread. And I didn’t want to be the one to cut it.”
“So instead, you let me live a lie.”
“I thought Amber would tell you… or Shayla would break. But no one did. And I—”
“You knew!” Anthony shouted. “All that time I defended you to everyone. I thought you were the only one who wasn’t lying.”
Cocoa stepped forward.
“And now you know I’m human.”
He turned away.
“No. Now I know I’m alone.”
Chapter Five: Aftermath
Word spread fast.
Amber found out the letter existed — and suddenly questioned whether Cocoa had been playing both sides.
Angelina heard about it — and panicked that her secret might be next.
And Shayla?
She smiled.
“Finally. Someone else gets burned.”
Anthony left Cocoa’s place without saying another word.
But the letter — he kept it.
Not out of anger.
Not out of pain.
But because it was the only thing that felt honest in a world where everyone else had worn masks.
Epilogue: One More Page
Weeks later, Cocoa sat down with a new journal.
She didn’t write to Anthony this time.
She wrote to herself.
“You can’t control the damage. Only the truth. And next time… you tell it.”
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