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[the writing is scrawled]

[Filter: Tessa] [scribbled in later] Private]

"Disasterously contagious" was the exact phrase that she used. Disasterously.

Tessa ... Tessa, if anything happens to you ...

... I can't help but think the baby has something to do with this, that the baby is making you so sick. Mother says that's foolish, that I should leave this to those who know what they're doing, but Tessa, doesn't it ... the timing, it's ...

Maybe if you weren't with child anymore, I told her, but she ...

She says I'm hysterical. I'm not hysterical. I'm concerned. I'm upset. I love you, Tessa, I love you, I can't



maybe I am

Please, please

[there is a very, very long pause]

[the writing is neat, precise, and elegant]

[Filter: Tessa]

How are you feeling, today, dearest?