A letter from Jul 26, 2022

Peaceful right?

Hi! How are you doing? It’s yourself writing, but from the past! Right now it’s July 26th, 2022, 11:35pm. You’re 14 years old. You’re on holidays in Paris. Remember? You wanted to visit the city you were born in, and where you used to live. And you wanted to make your mother happy. It’s been almost ten years since she has left her city. The city where she was born and where she lived for almost 40 years! She never left it until ten years ago, and you thought going there on holidays would make her happy. Guess what? You weren’t mistaken! About your holidays, you visited the japanese library you wanted to, it was wonderful, and, on top of that, you were FINALLY able to see the Music Museum and first and foremost, the Conservatoire of Paris! Even if the buildings aren’t that beautiful, seeing them made you so happy! After all, it was your dream to one day be able to join it! About that, how is music going? If everything’s going normally, you should be in Lyon Conservatoire, 3rd cycle now! Or maybe you’ve finished it? It would be very surprising and unexpected, but, who knows? Life is full of surprises and unknown things! But I hope you haven’t given up on music again! I’m sure you won’t do that. Because you remember how painful it was the first time and how much you regretted it, you won’t do that a second time. I trust you on that. So, about Paris. Do you still want to go there? Maybe you have other plans? I don’t think you would want to go to Lyon National Conservatoire if you had the choice, but maybe you want to study in England, not only work there? Right now I really want to study in Paris, but, again, who knows? About the music prepa, what are you going to do? Paris or Lyon? If you remember correctly, you wanted to go to Paris right after your graduation. Oh wait… I forgot THE most important thing! Did you pass baccalaureate? Were you able to get in the high school you wanted to? You know, you wanted to change schools in 11th grade. Did you do it? And about what your friends/family/relatives wanted to do, did Ethan apply for Versailles Architecture School? Where did Ewann went for his chef studies? Were you finally able to meet Solene, Précy and Ewi? Do your sister Léna still want to do fashion studies? And by the way, is she still learning oboe? Does she still like it? There are so many questions I want to ask, but anyway, I have to stop. With my whole affection, Charlyne from 2022

Epilogue

about 9 hours later

Hello, my dear dear 14 year old self,

It is nice hearing from you after 3 years. So much has changed, so much unexpected things happened… things you would’ve liked,...

Tignhs you not l’voweud. .
Npperriag oyu ot hsa ot yict kn,wo neeb rou orf emvo wen nokw b,ut texcpe to eb i eilf tdsi…sue me uoy ufidftlci a. Prtaee to 11th had edagr i. Ear,f tub ti eth rof swa bets aws uory ti i wsrto nwko. Coohls ot was cumh tkae in oto txnyiea secuabe. Pu ot ia,de gdoo dnewat a og ot… elwl ouy hgih aws eht enw nto os yuo soolch vaeg ti. Vene ylthseno it gtdereter evern ceno i. Auescbe hsti ynngtahi i ynol holscso aghednc cuo’lntd aey,r ti abtuo do i. Tiwh aemd isdk cfaeisyllpci hitw in dan scasl erwe’ ayitnxe wno orf a to coshlo hlosoc a ssuesi chloos teeldar. We raef o’ntd slocoh ,nmryaeo nad wne fsrndei ve’we dmea. L’lyuo usre worry olev mi’ m,noéie t’dno. .
Cdeutonni sllit ,ti dtno’ nt’ow cmus…i thgouh ym utaob aidfar ,ojb i i nvee akme be it. O…t up aentdw ddi arelly do a i up me musci os to i ta vigign patr how raey rof slat i eenv sealt hsit fo nto mhuc ghthou tub item, diened ,tmei ohslco tsfir a twna high i deemrermeb gaev sthi fo rgeedtter.
Ey’ouv asedps aactabeuealrc eht ehnrcf. Tylrbn!laili oen… tntirwe 60/21 yaer alor a uoy maex ifrts ,enif 0/92 eth aws salt and soblltuyae sdaeps lwe…l a twih tub mtei. So eayh. .
It uyo ot ey,ra tiscfduiifle sith ngaia dddiece howutit do tno. Alro nda uro 2/401 mxa!e wtha? fo wnitret eno 2/002 eht orf owkn het esbt oyu the !file nad ****** sensiciod of e?on il!rg!.
To lats tohyne,ls rytspa ociuelids btya)rdhi teanh akce dan ntsaw limyaf, eh (adn a royu eamd fro drenisf now go to autbo loohsc uro. To ety dsnt’oe enev okw,n wtnas moanrl twha so ye,t 31 tbu not nwko se’sh you lnaé od ah’tst hes stju. Reh ’essh ,oslhoc top ltsil icmus radtste dna sscl,a fo eolvs othhug vene pahpy in fonet wgei…sn think labinrlit drt,ie oiwnrg, shs’e i sh’es.
S’it xemetryel drah bouta da,d. Hte wtan dotn’ eaysr yisela btu ehva og wsotr tye iton lsat ot 3 tedilsa teh nbee. Ym rbeefo ’mi to etsb tuiyivesrn tiygrn cspaee.
Tle ,érpcy tmeh donw uoy and s…enolè i,ew ubota toslym. Sdcrea obuat to m’i i a lltis dna bt…u watn hktin to ,tol up ti i tmhe meak. Too umhc.
Ubt !enrfdis nda tbes ,maen rouy ,enw dame ouyev’ ecpentedxu nsrifed i aleon secéetl aer. Ehyt wnok ownk owh ouy dn’ot i rae. Enalo ar,ged si in th01 now mane ceéeslt of kdi mceô teh swa enw a dna. Lo,arnld not dutoce. Aotub oyu nakdi ubt aedhr hes kid yse, dextei,s teh ouy eknw ’hstat ebef!ro erven it. Hetm ew olve. Ppahy veern sdreinf wthi nad os ewve’ eben. Wno ot ivryntseui e’trhye onigg teern. Laoen ni in eslat ntgsyia utb eeélcts a,ayw loyn ta sh’se is eb far t…yeors ,fnei s’esh a!ypph wlil.
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Oledub a imoaldp epeatdcc l/oppsgholyhoiiysoco gipohn eht to nda toabu laobhrec be erw’e nrnbooes in ni eurf…ut. Iycolgoos or sujt. Too olco udlow n,iglesh hotsiry, sjenaepa eb rietrtlua,e plcsot,ii iucisnl,sigt.
Ulosfrey fodnu rhgit wno imacen iaspson orf enw uvoey’ a. Losaytebul to etnw a ufdon ouy a of nttsiuti meoemrsi ouy tyella !ti ,oitsers or ****** èleurim nwo efw 2 nsusenih ekli msvieo neeb thnwaigc illtet ’vyueo eht lvoe a,yd mseo dan emtis isms nda ftuieabul.
Fro in enuiittst tugusa! het ’ctna e-pnreo leat itwa ot.
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Oalayetf,eictfn.
Yruo frmo 71 aedr odl clyehnar 2205 reay.
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Oyue’v udofn lkie ps: b,sliane tuo u’orey a ago eray a ostgimneh. Ti t,retbe y!ase tguhho caegitncp slefe nvee ’ints lasawy ti.
Ilef otni no n,ow casmiitv si p:2s to reif some etg oltnhesy tiaw nc’ta rdwlo grtih earl.

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