To Be Given to Rhett when he returns

[Dorothy Wilson]

Dear Rhett,

For starters I am sorry I had to leave before you got back. I know that It is odd that I left so soon after you did. Well, I got a job. You probably won’t even read this, but I hope you will. Somehow I always did think you were smarter then most. You had a specific way of looking at things, A specific mindset that allowed you to keep yourself seperate from the erst of your peers.It is hard growing up isn’t it? Well, I think you’ll be fine.

However you do need a bit of help. Even you have to admit that. So when you came to me for help I was impressed. Ultimately it was what convinced me to allow you a leave of absence. Your promises didn’t matter, yours actions didn’t matter, It was the fact that you had the grace and the humility to come to me.

Honestly I never thought I would see the day, you coming to me, asking my help. It took me three whole days to decide what to do. I did know however that you would do it even without my help. So my dilemma was whether or not it was safe to let you go out, on your own, to find your mother. To tell the truth, the circumstances were a bit shaky in your past anyway. I can’t say things, I won’t say things that are not true.

You had a hard life and it will only get harder.

For me, as a mentor, and as a teacher, my position required me to ensure your safety and my safety. I let you go though. Rhett you are an adult. There is nothing that can change that.For my thought, you have been an adult longer then you have a child. it makes me wonder if you were ever a child.

I guess, what this whole letter was trying to say, what it was trying to convey was that I am sorry.There are so many people that have left in your life, that have disappeared. I didn’t want to be one of them. Instead I became the worst, the difference is I haven’t left without a a way for you to contact me. Attached to this letter is my phone number. Please remember that you can call me at anytime. I always have time for one of my kids.

Now now, don’t look at me like that. You are one of my kids, whether you like it or not. Since you are one of my children I want to say to you something that I should have told you before. I am proud of you Rhett. I am proud of your choices, I am proud of what you have done and will be proud of what you do in the future.

Never let others tell you you aren’t good enough.

Dorothy Wilson.

[Rhett Goddard]

After finally settling himself back in his apartment and settling down all his affairs with the administration building, Rhett went straight to Ms. Wilson's office, only to find a new Head of Housing in it. Back in the administration building, as he asked for her, a letter was all the answers he could get.

Fuck. He thought as he finished reading it.

There it went, the one person that understood, supported, and knew of Rhett's doings the last months. He was used, everybody left him anyway, but he was tired of it. He couldn't let it happen again. Odion's not leaving as well.