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I got to get out of here.

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Garret, wait!

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Why did you do this?

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Why?!

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Were you curious?

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-It's goddamn research!
-No, I'm falling in love with you!

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First in the letters
and then when I met you!

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And I'm sorry! I was afraid!

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I was afraid if I told you
that I would push you away!

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Just like I'm doing now.

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Wait!

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No matter what you think of me. . .

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. . .and no matter what happens now,
I want you to know. . .

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. . .how much I care for you.

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And it shouldn't matter. . .

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. . .what brought us together, Garret.

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I sent those letters into the sea
to her. Not to you!

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Not to all your friends at work!

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I know.

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They all knew about me, didn't they?

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All about Catherine?

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My life was changed
by those three letters.

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-I didn't want it printed in the paper.
-Two letters.

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-You've got to believe me.
-I sent two letters to Catherine.

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What?

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I have all of the letters.
I have all three.

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Where's the third letter?

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Is it in that drawer?

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Catherine?

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To all the ships at sea...

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...and all the ports of call.

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To my family...

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...and to all friends and strangers.

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This is a message and a prayer.

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The message is that my travels
taught me a great truth.

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l already had what everyone
is searching for...

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...and few ever find:

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The one person in the world...

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... who l was born to love forever.

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A person like me, of the Outer Banks...

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...and the blue Atlantic mystery.

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A person rich in simple treasures...

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...self-made, self-taught.

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A harbor where l am forever home.

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And no wind or trouble...

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...or even a little death
can knock down this house.

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The prayer is that everyone in the
world can know this kind of love...

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...and be healed by it.

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lf my prayer is heard, then there
will be an erasing of all guilt...

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...and all regret...