The Letter from 1945

EPISODE 7: Margaret's Secret

Eleanor finally understood.

Her grandmother had not helped separate Thomas and Clara.

She had tried to reunite them.

But someone had stopped her.

The person was William.

Margaret had secretly hidden the letters to protect them.

She hoped that one day someone would discover the truth.

That someone was Eleanor.

The final letter explained everything.

Margaret had written:

If you found this, then the truth has finally survived us.

Eleanor cried.

Her grandmother had spent her entire life carrying a secret that wasn't hers.

And now Eleanor had to finish what Margaret had started.

She had to find out what happened to Thomas and Clara.

The final clue led Eleanor to a small cemetery outside town.

There she found two names.

Thomas William Bennett

Clara Anne Whitmore

But they were buried separately.

Eleanor stared at the dates.

Thomas died in 1989.

Clara died in 1992.

They had both lived long lives.

But they had never been buried together.

Eleanor wondered if they had ever found each other.

Then she noticed something strange.

Clara's grave had a fresh-looking rose carved into the stone.

Beneath it were four words:

I Never Stopped Waiting.

Eleanor began to cry.

Then she heard a voice behind her.

"She didn't."