A Shocking Confession in the Letter
The letter took a darker turn as it went on. James confessed that after his wife’s sudden death, he became obsessed with keeping her memory alive. He spent hours sitting by the tree, talking to it as if she were still there. But in his grief, he had made a grave mistake. He wrote that something precious, something irreplaceable, had been buried with the tree. He begged whoever found the capsule to respect the tree’s place and never cut it down.
Max’s Connection to the Tree
Mark’s heart raced as he finished reading the letter. He glanced at Max, who was now lying peacefully by the fallen tree. It was as if the dog had been protecting something all along—something even Mark hadn’t understood. Max had sensed the emotional weight of the tree, the connection to the past. The letter’s warning echoed in his mind. Had they done something wrong by cutting it down?
