The letter arrived on James's desk on a Thursday morning, tucked between budget reports and meeting agendas.
It was handwritten, which was unusual enough in the digital era to make him pause. The return address was a small town in western Kenya he'd never heard of. The handwriting was careful, deliberate, the kind that suggested someone for whom writing was still an occasion.
He opened it and began to read.
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