The Letter (brevity)

A slender young man stood, threw his laptop and tablet into a leather backpack and headed for the café door. There it was sitting on the table next to an empty coffee cup. The white paper was folded in four pieces.

Dear Robert,
Congratulations! On behalf of the faculty and staff at the University of Illinois, it is with great pleasure that I inform you of…

She scanned to the end.

Please confirm your intent to enroll no later than November 27, 2012 by updating your status at:

http://www.universityofillinois.com

Already opening his Honda, she almost missed him.

“Excuse me, is this yours?”

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