It all began with just one line. . .

The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from
the state penitentiary, and contained a single sentence:
I’ll wait forever if I have to.
It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know.
Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for.
His reply?
You.
I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never
met, but he said I was wrong.
We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly
more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was
already too late.
Dante was at my doorstep.
And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next.