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Prologue
"A man's dying is more the survivor's affair than his own." – Thomas Mann.
Is what's fair the same as what's just? Some say it is, but I would disagree. Is it fair for a man to die on another person's mistake? Or is it merely justice taking place? One made the mistake, the other pays for it. Is that fair? No. Is it just? I suppose. It's a lesson for the man who made the mistake: don't make the same mistake again.
Someone made a mistake, so it's justified if someone pays for it. Not fair, but just.
Of course, the one paying for the mistake would never know. He paid for it. But the one who made the mistake – the one who had to watch the other one pay – would always know; he would always be haunted by it.
Then again maybe the payer really didn't have to pay. Maybe he got the lucky way out. He wouldn't have the images burned into his memories for the rest of his life. He wouldn't wake up every morning with the dull ache in his head reminding him it was his fault. He would never have the scar on his chest to prove it. He would never know that maybe if he had just acted differently when the time presented itself his friend wouldn't be dead. He would never know these things.
But I would.
On the mission field they called me Chance – as in a person's chance at life or death usually depended on me. I was trained. I was quick. And I was very, very deadly… When I wanted to be, of course.
But that was the problem – Chance played with chance, and fate decided to intervene. The result? One dead - who should never had died - and another utterly and completely lost.
Five years later and off the mission field I go by Nick Lucas.
And this was my story.
New story? Well that depends on you guys. This has been nagging me for a while, but I'm nervous about this one. It isn't your typical love story. It goes much deeper than that. It's kinda... mature. And I don't mean mature as in sex. I just mean it's... emotional. It's different. But it is a Niley story :) So yeah. Haha. But no one is famous in this. Jsyk.
You're probably thinking "Wtf was Nick?" Haha gotta review to find out ;)
Btw, pay attention to the quote.
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