Dearest ((((((((((((Belle))))))))))))

I am so sorry I wasn't here to read this. It hurts to know you are feeling this way, but I know it's understandable after what Mark did to you, then Louis.

Your beauty isn't just skin deep Belle, it goes so very much deeper than that. I see those little fish that never stray far from the sand on the ocean floor, bubblling past me as I think about how deep your beauty goes.

And it hurts to think that someone hurt you that way; that someone didn't get it, just followed his mistaken feelings into a relationship that won't last because he didn't invest the time and emotion he should have. But that will be, IS his loss.

You however are free to experience and feel whatever you choose. One day you will put this behind you enough to give it the one occassional thought, with sadness for what might have been, only to come up smiling at what you have, that very happy and pleasant life you will build and never take for granted.

You ARE Belle, beauty in all ways, I am blessed to have you as one of my friends