To My Absent Wife is a letter Richard Grady wrote to Helen Grady in Silent Hill: Origins. Travis Grady can find it in the first floor diner of Riverside Motel.
The letter expresses Richard's frustration and loneliness at being separated from his wife for two years. The bitterness he felt led to an estrangement between himself and Travis, whom he can hardly bear to be around due to the painful memories his son's presence constantly reminds him of.
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"To my absent wife,
I know that whatever hell I am
enduring, yours is worse. But
dammit, this is so hard. It's like
you're dead, but you're not. The
Helen I loved is gone, but your
body is still here! I have slept
alone the last two years. I've
become so bitter, so sleazy! I'm no
father to Travis. I can't even look
at him some days. What is it going
to take to bring you back?
Yours forever, Richard"